Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis due to Ochrobactrum anthropi: A Case Report

• DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.2.377
• Publication Date: 2009-05-22T08:00:14Z
• Authors: Yu Mi Wi; Kyung-mok Sohn; Ji-young Rhee; Won Sup Oh; Kyong Ran Peck; Nam Young Lee; Jae-Hoon Song
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; Case Report; Middle Aged; Peritonitis; Anti-Bacterial Agents; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Rare Diseases; Treatment Outcome; Humans; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Ochrobactrum anthropi

We report a case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis from Ochrobactrum anthropi. O. anthropi is recognized as an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients. In contrast to most previously described cases, the patient reported here had no indwelling catheter. To our knowledge, no case of O. anthropi spontaneous bacterial peritonitis has been reported in the medical literature until now.