Fluconazole therapy for fungal peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) : a case report

Ahlmén, J.; Edebo, L.; Eriksson, C.; Carlsson, L.; Torgersen, A.K.

Peritoneal Dialysis International Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis 9(1): 79-80

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0896-8608
PMID: 2562175
Document Number: 326809
A case is reported in a 47-yr-old man who developed peritonitis due to Trichosporon cutaneum [T. beigelii] following CAPD treatment. The patient was treated with flucytosine and amphotericin B, but the peritonitis persisted. Fluconazole therapy appeared to be successful, but the patient subsequently died.

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