Fungal infections after kidney transplantation are a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and Candida infection of the pancreas is considered an infrequent but important agent in necrotizing pancreatitis. We report the case of a 43-year-old Caucasian patient who underwent simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation because of diabetes type I, and chronic renal failure with peritoneal dialys...

BACKGROUND. Although peritonitis is commonly caused by microorganism, eosinophilic peritonitis was reportedly in 1980s. Whether eosinophilic peritonitis has significant effect on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD ) patients remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and clinical presentations of eosinophilic peritonitis in CAPD patients with first episode of pe...

methods in this study, 150 children diagnosed with liver disease and ascites upon admission to nemazee teaching hospital (shiraz, iran) were examined. patients were divided into spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and sterile ascetic fluid groups according to the pmn count ≥ 250/mm3 in the ascetic fluids. routine laboratory tests were conducted and quantitative c-reactive protein (crp) levels wer...

OBJECTIVE To estimate for the first time the burden of fungal infections in Romania. METHODS Data derived from the World Health Organization (WHO), National Institute of Statistics, Romanian public health agencies and non-profit health organizations, and published annual reports on local epidemiology were used in the present study. When no data were available, specific at-risk populations wer...

Introduction Fungal infection is a serious complication seen in immunosuppressed patients. dissemination and of the intestine rare noted literature. We report an extremely case colonic perforation from fungal immunocompetent patient. Case presentation A 76-year-old man presented with 1-week history pneumonia-like symptoms fever, lethargy, productive cough, night sweats. On examination he was hy...

Peritonitis is one of the most serious complications of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Approximately 20% of peritonitis infections have been reported to be resistant to initial therapy, either failing to resolve with appropriate antibiotics or relapsing within 2 weeks of antibiotic discontinuation. To investigate the current situation with regard to resistant peritonitis, we ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The impact of early peritonitis on the outcome of elderly peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients has not been studied. We aimed to research the influence of early peritonitis on patient outcomes in elderly PD patients. METHODS This study involved elderly PD patients (age ≥65) who underwent PD between Jan 1, 2004 and Jul 31, 2013. Patient characteristics were collected in our databa...

The main feature of feline coronavirus infection is its manifestation in the form peritonitis. Feline infectious peritonitis a highly lethal disease that lacks primary prevention and therapy. Therefore, an epizootic problem near future. In our review, we demonstrate current clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic interventions for peritonitis, as well hypotheses origin.