Open AccessPeritonitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum following gastric banding
Author(s) -
Fahad M. Al Majid
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.61239
Subject(s) - mycobacterium fortuitum , medicine , peritonitis , microbiology and biotechnology , organism , antibiotic therapy , mycobacterium , antibiotics , surgery , pathology , biology , tuberculosis , paleontology
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapid growing nontuberculous organism that has rarely been associated with peritonitis in an otherwise healthy host. We describe a patient who developed peritonitis due to the organism after gastric banding operation, which resolved after removal of the gastric band and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy.