Mycobacterium fortuitum and Polymicrobial Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

M. fortuitum PD-related peritonitis: patient characteristics, antibiotic therapies, and outcome.

Case; [ref.]	Age; (years)/sex	Cause of; ESKD	Time on PD; (months)	Antibiotic therapy	Treatment; duration	PD; catheter removal	Outcome
1; [4]	32/M	NA	NA	Amikacin, tetracycline; ciprofloxacin	Months	Yes	Resistant; infection
2; [5]	42/M	DN	NA	Amikacin, doxycycline	20 days	Yes	Recovery
3; [5]	40/M	DN	24	Amikacin; doxycycline	21 days	Yes	Death
4; [6]	16/M	SLE	36	Ciprofloxacin; Trimethoprim; Sulfamethoxazole	Months	Yes	Recovery
5; [7]	35/M	GN	10	Amikacin	NA	Yes	Recovery
6; [8]	71/M	GN	10	Amikacin; Clarithromycin; Trimethoprim; Sulfamethoxazole	3 months	Yes	Recovery
7; [2]	83/F	NS	11	Ciprofloxacin; Clofazimine	3 months	No	Recovery
8; [2]	61/M	GN	0.33	Amikacin	1 week	Yes	Recovery
9; [2]	50/M	GN	96	Imipenem; Amikacin; Sulfamethoxazole	NA	Yes	Improved
10; [9]	33/M	HK	NA	Clarithromycin; Bactrim	6 months	Yes	Improved
11; [9]	71/F	AED	<1	Amikacin; Bactrim; Clarithromycin	3 months	Yes	Death
12; [10]	45/F	NA	36	Isoniazid; Rifampin; Ethambutol	6 months	Yes	Recovery
13; [11]	65/M	NA	60	Levofloxacin; Clarithromycin	12 months	No	Recovery
14; [12]	59/M	NS	1	Vancomycin; Doxycycline	1 month	Yes	Recovery
15; [12]	65/M	DN	NA	Minocycline	6 days	Yes	Recovery
16; [13]	38/F	HUS	6	Moxifloxacin, clarithromycin, and doxycycline	NA	Yes	Recovery
17; [14]	62/M	DN	9	Cefoxitin, clarithromycin	Weeks	Yes	Recovery
18; [15]	47/M	DN	6	Clarithromycin, meropenem,; ciprofloxacin	2 months	Yes	Recovery
19; [8]	68/F	DN	48	Amikacin, ciprofloxacin	6 months	Yes	Death
20; [16]	15/M	NA	NA	Amikacin,; cefoxitin	NA	Yes	NA

AED: atheroembolic disease; DN: diabetic nephropathy; ESKD: end-stage kidney disease; GN: glomerulonephritis; HK: horseshoe kidney; HUS: hemolytic uremic syndrome; NA: not available; NS: hypertensive nephrosclerosis; PD: peritoneal dialysis; SLE: lupus nephritis.