Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov;48(11):4310-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01045-10. Epub 2010 Aug 25.
In some patients with peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), a causative organism is never identified. We report a case of Ureaplasma urealyticum CAPD-associated peritonitis diagnosed by 16S rRNA gene PCR. Ureaplasma may be an underrecognized cause of peritonitis because it cannot be recovered using routine culture methods.
在一些并发持续性不卧床腹膜透析 (CAPD) 的腹膜炎患者中,始终无法确定病原体。我们报告了一例通过 16S rRNA 基因 PCR 诊断的解脲脲原体 CAPD 相关性腹膜炎病例。由于常规培养方法无法检出解脲脲原体,因此它可能是一种被低估的腹膜炎病因。