Mycobacterium fortuitum peritonitis in a patient undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis.

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.