Case Report: First report of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by Pseudomonas fulva.

Pseudomonas fulva (P. fulva) is a rare human pathogen, with few reported cases of infection caused by this bacterium. We report a case of an elderly patient with P. fulva infection who developed peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis after peritoneal dialysis. A bacterial strain was isolated from peritoneal dialysis fluid and identified as P. fulva by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and 16S rRNA sequencing. The patient recovered after treatment with cefotaxime. A comprehensive review of P. fulva infections in pathogenic diagnosis, clinical treatment, and prognosis were presented in this paper.