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  • Title: Nocardia asteroides peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
    Author: Lopes JO, Alves SH, Benevenga JP, Salla A, Tatsch I.
    Journal: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo; 1993; 35(4):377-9. PubMed ID: 8115800.
    Abstract:
    This paper reports a case of peritonitis by Nocardia asteroides during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in a man who had systemic lupus erythematous and chronic renal failure. Diagnosis was established by microscopic examination (Gram and Kinyoun) and culture of centrifuged dialysis fluid and the patient was treated with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole by intraperitoneal route.
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