A Case of Fulminant Peritonitis Caused by Streptococcus mitis in a Patient on Peritoneal Dialysis
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- Mizuno Masashi
- Renal Replacement Therapy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Ito Yasuhiko
- Renal Replacement Therapy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Masuda Tomohiro
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Toda Susumu
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Hiramatsu Hideki
- Renal Replacement Therapy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Suzuki Yasuhiro
- Renal Replacement Therapy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Ozaki Takenori
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Yasuda Yoshinari
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Ito Isao
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Tsuboi Naotake
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Sato Waichi
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Maruyama Shoichi
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Imai Enyu
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Matsuo Seiichi
- Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Abstract
A 54-year-old woman on peritoneal dialysis (PD) was hospitalized with peritonitis with a high body temperature, abdominal pain and cloudy peritoneal fluid. She progressively fell into septic-like shock within only 6 hours after onset. The causative bacteria were Streptococcus mitis (S. mitis), part of the normal flora of oral cavity, intestine, female genial tract and upper respiratory tract. S. mitis shows pathogenicity for diseases such as endocarditis, brain abscesses and sepsis in children with malignancy or transplantation. However, S. mitis rarely shows severe pathogenic responses in adults. We report herein a case of fulminant peritonitis caused by S. mitis in an adult PD patient.<br>
Journal
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- Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine 50 (5), 471-474, 2011
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
