NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP-B PERITONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS

Authors
CONRADS G HAASE G SCHNITZLER N EHRHARD I SCHMITT H
Citation
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
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
17
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
341 - 343
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1998)17:5<341:NSPAWC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
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.