Abstract
BackgroundInfectious complications of peritoneal dialysis (PD) remain a common cause of catheter loss and discontinuation of PD. Exit site infection (ESI) constitutes a significant risk factor for PD-related peritonitis and determination of predisposing states is relevant. We here present a case of repeat ESI due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a PD patient with skin changes in the course of polycythemia vera (PV).Case presentationA 73-year-old PD patient with chronic kidney disease secondary to renal amyloidosis and ankylosing spondylitis, presented to the nephrology unit with signs of ESI. In 2006 he was diagnosed with PV and since then has was successfully treated with hydroxyurea; however, he reported recurrent episodes of developing skin nodules in the course of the disease. Exit site swab yielded Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the infection developed in the ulcerated PV nodule that appeared in exit site 2 weeks earlier. Patient was treated with intraperitoneal amikacin and oral ciprofloxacin, however, due to neurological complications, the treatment had to be interrupted and finally catheter was removed. Similar episode of ESI with Pseudomonas aeruginosa developed in the patient two years earlier and also required catheter removal.ConclusionThis is the first case report demonstrating the development of ESI on the polycythemia vera skin lesion in this area. Skin manifestations of PV might be a predisposing factor to ESI in PD patients.
Highlights
Infectious complications of peritoneal dialysis (PD) remain a common cause of catheter loss and discontinuation of PD
This is the first case report demonstrating the development of Exit site infection (ESI) on the polycythemia vera skin lesion in this area
Case presentation A 73-year-old peritoneal dialysis patient with polycythemia vera (PV) presented to the nephrology unit with signs of ESI
Summary
This is the first case report demonstrating the development of ESI on the polycythemia vera skin lesion in this area.
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