The aim of this study was to determine whether nitric oxide (NO) production is altered during peritonitis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), and if so, whether there is an association between this alteration and the severity and prognosis of CAPD-induced peritonitis. The study population comprised 30 patients with 30 episodes of peritonitis. Thirteen patient...

We report a case of a 62-year-old female patient who developed peritonitis after receiving a renal transplant. Candida glabrata was detected and treated with voriconazole. As the patient did not improve under therapy, laparotomy was performed. Mould-like plaques were found on the peritoneum. Using culture as well as pan-fungal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by DNA microarray hybridisa...

This review highlights the possibilities of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using drugs based on chlorin e6, aluminum phthalocyanine, methylene blue as photosensitizers for bacterial and fungal pathologies. method was developed initially to treat tumor diseases, where it had shown its high efficiency safety. Now is actively used in treatment cancers skin, bronchi, stomach, cervix, larynx, or other r...

We aimed to estimate for the first time the burden of fungal infections in Uruguay. Data on population characteristics and underlying conditions were extracted from the National Statistics Institute, the World Bank, national registries, and published articles. When no data existed, risk populations were used to estimate frequencies extrapolating from the literature. Population structure (inhabi...

Renal involvement in canine Leishmaniasis. A lightmicroscopic, immunohistochemical and electron-microscopic study. Nephron 1991; 57(4): 444–452 6. Sartori A, Roque-Barreira MC, Coe J, Campos-Neto A. Immune complex glomerulonephritis in experimental kala-azar. II: detection and characterization of parasite antigens and antibodies eluted from kidneys of Leishmania donovani-infected hamsters. Clin...

A 14-year-old girl, with end-stage renal disease on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) the last 4 years, after an episode of Candida albicans was switched to hemodialysis. One month later she came back because of a palpable-painful abdominal mass and abdominal distention. Computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound examination demonstrated a demarkated fluid collection in the lower ab...

conclusions it should be kept in mind that the oral flora bacterium s. anginosus may cause transient bacteremia and deep-seated organ abscesses in immunodeficient patients with poor oral hygiene. such patients with intra-abdominal abscesses should be treated with antibiotics and surgery. introduction the streptococcus anginosus group of bacteria are low-virulence bacteria existing as commensals...