Renal replacement therapy with PD immediately before transplantation negatively affects outcome as compared with HD, predisposing patients to a greater incidence of postoperative infections and rejection and a longer hospital stay. Further study in a randomized controlled trial may help determine how adjustment of the dialysis method can optimize transplantation outcome.

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IntroductionBordetella bronchiseptica can be a cause of virulent pneumonia in humans with impaired immune systems. Few cases have been reported in the medical literature where Bordetella bronchiseptica has been the only pathogen isolated during a course of interstitial pneumonia.Case presentationA 42-year-old African-American man with human immunodeficiency virus presented with pulmonary symptoms that mimicked Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. A sputum culture grew Bordetella brochiseptica, a common respiratory commensal of wild and domestic animals, rarely implicated in human infections.ConclusionBordetella bronchiseptica should be added to the differential list of pathogens which can affect people with human immunodeficiency virus and pulmonary symptoms. Sputum culture, as well as history of animal exposure, in these patients is advised.