LaRocco M T, Mortensen J E, Robinson A
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1986 Feb;4(2):161-4. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(86)90151-3.
Peritonitis, due to Mycobacterium fortuitum, developed in a 15-yr-old young man undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis. Although of low pathogenic potential, this rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium does cause human disease particularly in the compromised host and should be considered as a potential cause of peritonitis in the chronic peritoneal dialysis patient.
