Atypical Peritonitis Agents and Clinical Follow-Up in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Case Report

ritoneal fluid culture is obtained by proper culture technique, it is very likely to diagnose the culprit microbial agent. Gram positive organisms are the most common organisms whereas anaerobic, enteric organisms or multiple enteric organisms suggest secondary peritonitis. Sometimes uncommon organisms can be seen as peritonitis agents. We had 3 uncommon organisms that growth in the peritoneal cultures of peritonitis patients recently. Samples of dialysis fluid were aspirated by our specialist continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) nurse by an aseptic technique and sent to our microbiological laboratory in 30 minutes. Leu-