Staphylococcus sciuri peritonitis in a patient on peritoneal dialysis

Zoonoses Public Health. 2020 Feb;67(1):93-95. doi: 10.1111/zph.12664. Epub 2019 Nov 26.

Abstract

Staphylococcus sciuri is an occasional cause of human infection that has been described in the flora of numerous animal species and in environmental specimens. Here, we report a rare case of S. sciuri peritonitis in a dialysis patient who had exposure to peridomestic animals.

Keywords: Staphylococcus; Staphylococcus sciuri; mecA; peritonitis; zoonosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / adverse effects*
  • Peritonitis / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin
  • Ceftriaxone

Supplementary concepts

  • Staphylococcus sciuri