Jejunal perforations in a peritoneal dialysis patient with peritonitis: A case report

A 73-year-old man maintained on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for 3 years, presented to our hospital with chief complaints of abdominal pain, fever and a cloudy dialysate. he was treated empirically with intraperitoneal cefazolin and amikacin for suspected pd-related peritonitis. on the third day, he developed jejunal perforations. a laparotomy was performed, revealing perforations of the jejenum. the perforations were sutured primarily. after the surgery, there was anastomotic leakage from the primary suture region. he died from sepsis-associated cardiovascular collapse.