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Case Reports
. 1991:7:96.

Recurrent abdominal pain caused by a toothpick in a CAPD patient

P S König  1 , F Kronenberg, M Joannidis, P Dietl, K Lhotta
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Case Reports

Recurrent abdominal pain caused by a toothpick in a CAPD patient

P S König et al. Adv Perit Dial. 1991.

Abstract

A 27-year-old patient on CAPD presented with febrile illness and abdominal pain suggestive of peritonitis. Dialysis fluid culture yielded Enterococcus. Response to treatment was slow, with pain persisting. Laparotomy revealed a toothpick, which was causing peritoneal irritation. It was unclear how the foreign object entered the peritoneum.

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