A Rare Case of Peritonitis in a Patient on CAPD for Nine Years.

We report a case of peritonitis due to multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli in a patient with diabetic kidney disease on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for nine years. As the peritonitis did not resolve with conventional medical therapy, a contrast-enhanced CT was done, which showed superior mesenteric artery thrombosis with bowel ischemia. The peritoneal dialysis catheter was removed, and appropriate antibiotics were continued as per International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis guidelines. A year later, the patient while on maintenance hemodialysis presented with obstructive jaundice due to a growth in the ampulla of vater.