TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurrent Peritonitis
T2 - Evidence for Possible Viral Etiology
AU - Lewis, Sharon L.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM. Supported in part by the National Kidney Foundation and DHHS Grant No. NROO001 from the National Institutes of Health. Address reprint requests to Sharon L. Lewis, PhD, Department of Pathology, BRF #321, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131. © 1991 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc. 0272-638619111703-0017$3.0010
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - A 45-year-old woman who was treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) developed recurrent peritonitis characterized by cloudy effluents, elevated white blood cell (WBC) counts (predominantly lymphocytes), and negative culture results. This case report suggests that she may have had viral peritonitis as indicated by a positive viral culture, the presence of viral antibodies in serum and peritoneal dialysis effluent (PDE), hematological findings, and cell surface receptor studies. The possibility of a viral cause should be considered in patients with culture-negative peritonitis, especially if they do not respond to antibiotics.
AB - A 45-year-old woman who was treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) developed recurrent peritonitis characterized by cloudy effluents, elevated white blood cell (WBC) counts (predominantly lymphocytes), and negative culture results. This case report suggests that she may have had viral peritonitis as indicated by a positive viral culture, the presence of viral antibodies in serum and peritoneal dialysis effluent (PDE), hematological findings, and cell surface receptor studies. The possibility of a viral cause should be considered in patients with culture-negative peritonitis, especially if they do not respond to antibiotics.
KW - Epstein-Barr virus
KW - Viral peritonitis
KW - cytomegalovirus
KW - lymphocytic peritonitis
KW - recurrent peritonitis
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U2 - 10.1016/S0272-6386(12)80485-9
DO - 10.1016/S0272-6386(12)80485-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 1847581
AN - SCOPUS:0025810785
VL - 17
SP - 343
EP - 345
JO - American Journal of Kidney Diseases
JF - American Journal of Kidney Diseases
SN - 0272-6386
IS - 3
ER -