Related Experiment Videos
Penicillium peritonitis in an adolescent receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis
O Equils1, J G Deville, A M Shapiro
1Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, MDCC 22-442, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA.
Pediatric Nephrology (Berlin, Germany)
|December 22, 1999
Abstract:
A 19-year-old female on chronic peritoneal dialysis developed acute peritonitis; multiple peritoneal fluid and catheter tip cultures yielded Penicillium species. She promptly responded to catheter removal and intravenous amphotericin B, followed by oral fluconazole, without further recurrences 1 year later. This is the first reported case of Penicillium peritonitis in the pediatric population. We review the microbiology and clinical spectrum of this disease, as well as the few previous reported cases in adults.