Streptococcus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case report

• Main Authors: Arimuthu, Durga Arinandini, Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90335/1/51upm.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90335/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2020120211134752_MJMHS_0285.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Streptoccoccus plurianimalium is a rare pathogen that has recently made a crossover from its common host, animals to humans. As reports start to emerge from this pathogen, it has come to light that it can cause clinically significant infections in a broad spectrum of systems. However, the mode of transmission of this pathogen has not yet been fully established. We report here a case of Streptoccoccus plurianimalium peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in our centre. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of a Streptoccoccus plurianimalium peritonitis in an end-stage kidney disease patient.