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Peritonitis due to Exophiala jeanselmei in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
S Agarwal1, N L Goodman, H H Malluche
1Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Abstract:
We describe the second reported case of peritonitis caused by the fungus Exophiala jeanselmei in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and the first such patient to survive. Management of the patient consisted of Tenckhoff catheter removal and intravenous amphotericin B.