Choi C W, Cha D R, Kwon Y J, Cho W Y, Pyo H J, Kim H K
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul.
Korean J Intern Med. 1993 Jan;8(1):25-7. doi: 10.3904/kjim.1993.8.1.25.
Runyon group IV atypical mycobacteria, Mycobacterium fortuitum, is an environmental organism and is capable of producing a variety of clinical infections such as cutaneous infection, abscess and pulmonary and ocular infection. Rarely, it has been a documented cause of peritonitis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). We report a case of M. fortuitum peritonitis in a patient undergoing CAPD and emphasize the importance of mycobacterial cultures in patients with CAPD-associated peritonitis whose routine culturing yields no organisms repeatedly.
Runyon IV群非典型分枝杆菌,偶然分枝杆菌,是一种环境微生物,能够引起多种临床感染,如皮肤感染、脓肿以及肺部和眼部感染。在接受持续性非卧床腹膜透析(CAPD)的患者中,它很少被记录为腹膜炎的病因。我们报告一例正在接受CAPD治疗的患者发生偶然分枝杆菌腹膜炎的病例,并强调对于常规培养反复未发现微生物的CAPD相关性腹膜炎患者,进行分枝杆菌培养的重要性。