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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Peritonitis due to Hematogenous Dissemination from Central Venous Catheter in a Maintenance Dialysis Patient
2021
Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive bacterium commonly associated with severe infections in hospitalized patients. S. aureus produces many virulence factors leading to local and distant pathological processes. Invasiveness of S. aureus generally induces metastatic infections such as bacteremia, infective endocarditis, osteomyelitis, arthritis, and endophthalmitis. Peritoneal localization from extra-abdominal infection can be a potential consequence of S. aureus infection. Two cases of metastatic peritonitis have been described in patients on peritoneal dialysis with concomitant peripheral vascular catheter-related bloodstream infection. We reported a case of peritoneal metastatic infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a patient on maintenance hemodialysis. A 37-year-old man was admitted with fever and chill due to jugular central vascular catheter (CVC)-related bloodstream infection caused by MRSA. CVC was placed after switching the patient from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis for scarce adherence to fluid restriction. Detection of MRSA on the peritoneal effluent combined with a total white blood cell count of 554 cells/mm 3 prompted the diagnosis of satellite MRSA peritonitis. Antibiotic treatment with daptomycin and simultaneous CVC and peritoneal catheter removal resolved the infectious process. No further metastatic localizations were detected elsewhere. In conclusion, S. aureus can induce metastatic infections far from the site of primary infection. As reported in this case, peritonitis can be secondary to the hematogenous dissemination of S. aureus especially in hospitalized patients having a central line.
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Use of strictureplasty technique for surgical treatment of ileal endometriosis: a case series version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 not approved
2020
Intestinal deep infiltrating endometriosis is the most frequent extragenital localisation and its traditional surgical treatment is segmental resection of the affected tract. The need for implementing alternative techniques in the treatment of intestinal endometriosis arises from those cases of multiple ileal and recto-sigmoidal localisations, in which removing excessive lengths of intestine could lead to a higher rate of adverse events. Ileal endometriosis represents 4.7% of all intestinal localisations, often associated with multiple lesions and yet, to the best of our knowledge, there are no data on techniques other than intestinal resection for its treatment. Since its capacity to solve fibrostenotic lesions without removing centimeters of intestine, strictureplasty is widely implemented in the management of Crohn's disease. We propose the use of strictureplasty for the treatment of ileal endometriosis.We performed surgical treatment for symptomatic deep infiltrating endometriosis in two patients with either ileal and sigmoidal localisations. We approached ileal nodules with strictureplasty technique, while sigmoidal nodules were removed by traditional segmental resection. No complications occurred and both patients are now asymptomatic after a 12 months-follow up. Therefore, strictureplastycould provide a tool to eliminate small bowel endometriosis maintaining a regular caliber of the ileal tract without modifying its length.
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