TITLE:
Peritonitis due to Geotrichum candidum in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
AUTHORS:
José Ramón Cacelín Garza, Rafael Sebastián Cacelín Miranda, Ana María Cacelín Garza, Alejandra Paula Espinoza Texis, Erick Guzmán Díaz, Ulises Salas Juárez
KEYWORDS:
Peritonitis, Fungal Peritonitis, Geotrichum candidum, Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.7 No.3,
March
16,
2018
ABSTRACT: This paper is a report of a 34-year-old man with chronic renal failure undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis which developed peritonitis due to Geotricum candidum. The diagnosis was established by culture of dialysis fluid. The purpose of this report is to provide data on a fungal peritonitis due to a non-common agent.