G. Conrads et al., NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP-B PERITONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 17(5), 1998, pp. 341-343
A case of Neisseria meningitidis peritonitis in a 41-year-old female u
ndergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for end-stage rena
l failure due to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is reported. The
bacterial strain was serosubtyped as 4:P1.15, a rarely encountered typ
e. Surprisingly, the minimal inhibitory concentration of vancomycin fo
r the isolate was low (16 mg/l). This may have contributed to the comp
lete recovery of the patient.