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Peritonitis with Listeria monocytogenes in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis

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By Hanna Bjarkhamar Poulsen, Torkil á Steig, Jonas T. Björkman, Shahin Gaini
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We present a case where Listeria monocytogenesserotype 1/2a was determined to be the causative agent of peritonitis in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis. The patient, a 53-year-old Caucasian woman from the Faroe Islands was admitted to the National Hospital reporting of constant abdominal pain and a fever. Peritoneal cultures were positive for growth of L. monocytogenes. The patient was successfully treated with oral amoxicillin for 2?weeks and intraperitoneal vancomycin for 3?weeks.
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