Peritonitis caused by Alcaligenes xylosoxidans sp. Xylosoxidans in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient

Abstract

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans sp. Xylosoxidans that may rarely cause peritonitis in CAPD patients and that have to be considered in cases of pseudomonas peritonitis with delayed treatment response and from whom we had to remove the Tenckhoff catheter. Peritonitis caused by A. Xylosoxidans usually carries a poor prognosis because if the pathogen's virulence and universal resistance to most antimicrobial agents. We report a patient with CAPD-associated peritonitis due to A. Xylosoxidans sp. Xylosoxidans.