Enterococcus gallinarum y síndrome de Chilaiditi en diálisis peritoneal

A Rare Case of Enterococcus gallinarum-Associated Peritonitis and Literature Review

“…There have been only a few reported cases of E. gallinarum peritonitis ( Table 2); all have been associated with cirrhosis, i.e., part of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, not PD-related peritonitis [8][9][10][11][12]. We present the second reported case in the medical literature of PD-related peritonitis caused by E. gallinarum [13]. It is not clear how our patient contracted E. gallinarum peritonitis, but it is likely due to fecal contamination.…”