Tunnel Infection and Peritonitis Induced by Staphylococcus aureus Due to Decubitus Change of the Anterior Abdominal Wall in a Patient on Peritoneal Dialysis: Case Report
Marko Baralić, Ana Bontić, Jelena Pavlović, Vidna Karadžić-Ristanović, Selena Gajić, Jovan Jevtić, Pavle Popović, Kristina Petrović, Lara Hadži-Tanović, Aleksandra Kezić · 2024
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Marko Baralić and nine co-authors report an uncommon dialysis complication in this 2024 case report. The patient was a fifty-three-year-old man on peritoneal dialysis, which cleans the blood through the belly lining via a soft catheter. He developed a pressure sore where the catheter's middle section had pushed outward against the skin of his belly wall.
The sore opened a path for Staphylococcus aureus, a common skin bacterium, leading to infection of the catheter tunnel and then of the belly cavity itself. Antibiotics followed the standard advice, but the catheter was never moved to a fresh site. In the end the patient had to switch to hemodialysis, the machine-based treatment. The authors conclude that drugs alone are not enough in such cases: moving the catheter is required to save the gentler home treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Marko Baralić, Ana Bontić, Jelena Pavlović, Vidna Karadžić-Ristanović, Selena Gajić, Jovan Jevtić, Pavle Popović, Kristina Petrović, Lara Hadži-Tanović, Aleksandra Kezić |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |