Fatal post-operative Trichoderma longibrachiatum mediastinitis and peritonitis in a paediatric patient with complex congenital cardiac disease on peritoneal dialysis

Trichoderma harzianum peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis.

Fatal Candida famata peritonitis complicating sclerosing peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient.

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Bacterial Peritonitis Following Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in a Patient on Peritoneal Dialysis

Aims: To recognize the importance of considering perforation of viscus in the differential of peritonitis after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in peritoneal dialysis patients and to address the potential benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis in PD patients undergoing upper GI procedures. Presentation of Case: We report the case of a 54-year-old African American female with end-stage renal disease...

Fusarium peritonitis in a patient on peritoneal dialysis.

*Incharge Microbiologist, Department of Pathology, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai-400020 Abstract Fungal pathogens account for a small but well recognised proportion of peritonitis infections in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. This report presents a case of peritonitis by Fusarium in a patient on CAPD. A literature review of previously reported ca...

Polymicrobial Peritonitis with Lactococcus lactis in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient

Lactococcus lactis (L. lactis) is an important gram-positive bacterium in dairy products. It is a rare cause of opportunistic infections with only four cases of Lactococcus peritoneal dialysis (PD) peritonitis reported in the literature. In Korea, L. lactis infection was first reported in a liver abscess patient in 2010; however, PD peritonitis with Lactococcus has not been reported in Korea. R...