Skip to main content

Table 1 Reports of damage to PD equipment caused by animals

From: A case of damage to a peritoneal dialysis tubing by a pet cockatoo and review of the literature

Case

References

Year reported

Age (y)/sex

PD type

Animal exposure

State of damage of PD equipment

Peritonitis

Culture results

1

Paul et al. [1]

1987

55/F

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

2

London et al. [2]

1991

54/M

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

3

Makin et al. [3]

1991

39/M

CAPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Neisseria pharyngis

4

Makin et al. [3]

1991

58/F

CAPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

Staphylococcus hominis

5

Makin et al. [3]

1991

73/M

CAPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

Sterile

6

Makin et al. [3]

1991

24/F

CAPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

Sterile

7

Kitching et al. [4]

1996

75/M

CAPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

8

Uribarri et al. [5]

1996

42/F

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

9

Loghman et al. [6]

1997

12/F

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

10

Joh et al. [7]

1998

55/M

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

11

Chadha et al. [8]

1999

18/M

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Capnocytophaga canimorsus

12

Hamai et al. [9]

1999

49/M

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Enterobacter agglomerans, Pasteurella multocida, alpha-Streptcoccus

13

Van Langenhove et al. [10]

2000

22/F

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

14

Campos et al. [11]

2000

8/M

CCPD

Hamster

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella pneumotropica

15

Freeman et al. [12]

2004

14/F

Unknown

Hamster

Peritoneal catheter punctured

+

Pasteurella aerogenes

16

Mat et al. [13]

2005

52/M

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

17

Malik et al.

2005

21/F

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

18

Malik et al.

2005

58/M

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

19

Sedlacek et al. [15]

2008

57/F

CCPD

Cockatoo

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Mucor species

20

Rondon-Berrios et al. [16]

2010

38/M

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

21

Nishina et al. [17]

2012

45/M

CCPD

Cat

PD solution bag punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida

22

Giron et al. [18]

2017

72/M

CCPD

Cat

Dialysis tubing punctured

+

Pasteurella multocida and Streptcoccus canis

23

Present case

2018

65/M

CAPD

Cockatoo

Dialysis tubing cut

NA

  1. PD peritoneal dialysis, F female, M male, CCPD continuous cycler peritoneal dialysis, CAPD continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, NA not available