The incidence and prevalence of fungal infections in Tanzania remains unknown. We assessed the annual burden in the general population and among populations at risk. Data were extracted from 2012 reports of the Tanzanian AIDS program, WHO, reports, Tanzanian census, and from a comprehensive PubMed search. We used modelling and HIV data to estimate the burdens of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous peritonitis, especially spontaneous fungal peritonitis (SFP), is an important and potentially fatal complication in patients with endstage liver disaese. We evaluated potential risk factors, microbiological findings, and outcome of patients with SFP compared to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in critically ill patients. METHODS Retrospective analyses of critic...

Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum that occurs in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treated by peritoneal dialysis. Fungal peritonitis is a dreaded complication of peritoneal dialysis. Curvularia lunata is known to cause extra renal disease like endocarditis, secondary allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and endophthalmitis. This case report presents a case of conti...

Sir, Congratulations to you and your colleagues on launching the Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases. I am sure that this journal will bring the Iranian nephrological community together and will help the new generation of Iranian nephrologists. Hopefully, through this journal, you will be able to show the International nephrological community your achievements and contributions in our field. The...

Peritonitis, the major complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD), is associated with high morbidity and mortality. It is a major cause of hospitalization and transfer to hemodialysis. In the present study, we aimed to identify predictors of hospitalization in PD-related peritonitis and to examine its microbiology profile over time in our unit to determine the best therapeutic approach. We studie...

TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Spontaneous fungal peritonitis (SFP) is a infection of ascitic fluid, defined as over 250 polymorphic neutrophils (PMNs) and growth on culture. It has high mortality rate often recognized late in clinical courses. SFP commonly associated with cirrhosis or advanced end stage liver disease. This due to perturbation muc...

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a complication of ascitic patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD); spontaneous fungal peritonitis (SFP) is a complication of ESLD less known and described. ESLD is associated to immunodepression and the resulting increased susceptibility to infections. Recent perspectives of the management of the critically ill patient with ESLD do not specify the rate ...

Fungal empyema thoracis is a rare and emerging entity, the increase in rate of fungal infections mainly due to increasing use broad-spectrum antibiotics, intravascular devices, hyperalimentation, as well number critically ill or immunocompromised patients. Candida species are most common pathogens thoracis, it extremely isolate fungi such pleural fluid. We report here 60-year-old male with case...