Concurrent Fungal Peritonitis in Two Sibling Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Case Report

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuğba Yılmaz ◽  
Orçun Altunören ◽  
Didem Atay ◽  
Safa Ganidağlı ◽  
Elif İnanç ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Fungal Peritonitis

scholarly journals THE RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOME OF FUNGAL PERITONITIS IN CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
E Indhumathi ◽  
V Chandrasekaran ◽  
D Jagadeswaran ◽  
M Varadarajan ◽  
G Abraham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Fungal Peritonitis

Exserohilum Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis in Northern China: A Case Report

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-176
Author(s):  
Yan Liu ◽  
Wenjing Gong ◽  
Yanming Yu ◽  
Lihua Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Candida Species ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Catheter Removal ◽  
Fungal Peritonitis ◽  
Anti Fungal

Fungal peritonitis is a catastrophic complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and often requires termination of PD. It is usually caused by Candida species. Here we report a rare case of Exserohilum peritonitis. The patient was successfully treated with catheter removal and anti-fungal therapy.

Herpes Zoster-Associated Encephalitis in a Patient Undergoing CAPD: Case Report and Literature Review

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim C.E. Sigaloff ◽  
Carola W.H. de Fijter
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Herpes Zoster ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Neurological Complications ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Varicella Zoster ◽  
Capd Patient

Neurological complications of varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation have rarely been described in dialysis patients. We report a case of a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patient who developed herpes zoster encephalitis. The patient was treated with acyclovir and steroids and had a slow but complete return to her prior cognitive status. The available literature is reviewed and the differential diagnosis with acyclovir toxicity is discussed.

scholarly journals Green dialysate and gallbladder perforation in a peritoneal dialysis patients: a case report and literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueh-Lin Wu ◽  
Yi-Sheng Lin ◽  
Thomas Yu-Ren Hsueh ◽  
Wen-Ching Lo ◽  
Kuo-Chou Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Gallbladder Perforation ◽  
Dialysis Patients

scholarly journals Characteristics and Outcomes of Fungal Peritonitis in a Modern North American Cohort

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie-Claire Nadeau-Fredette ◽  
Joanne M Bargman
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
North American ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Fungal Peritonitis ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Dialysis Vintage ◽  
Unit Increase ◽  
Wbc Count ◽  
Technique Failure

IntroductionPeritonitis remains a common complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). Although representing only 1 – 12% of overall peritonitis in dialysis patients, fungal peritonitis (FP) is associated with serious complications, including technique failure and death. Only scarce data have been published regarding FP outcomes in modern cohorts in North America. In this study we evaluated the rates, characteristics and outcomes of FP in a major North American PD center.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study including all fungal peritonitis episodes among peritoneal dialysis patients followed in a large PD center between January 2000 and February 2013. Our pre-specified end-points included rates of FP, characteristics, outcomes and determinants of death.ResultsThirty-six episodes of FP were identified during the follow-up period (one episode per 671 patient-months), representing 4.5% of the total peritonitis events. Patients’ mean age and peritoneal dialysis vintage were 61.3 ± 15.5 and 2.9 (1.5 – 4.8) years, respectively. Of the 36 episodes of FP, seven (19%) resulted in death and 17 (47%) led to technique failure with permanent transfer to hemodialysis. Surprisingly, PD was eventually resumed in 33% of cases with a median delay of 15 weeks (interquartile range 8 – 23) between FP and catheter reinsertion. In a univariable analysis, a higher Charlson comorbidity index (Odds ratio [OR] 3.25 per unit increase, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.23 – 8.58) and PD fluid white blood cell (WBC) count greater than 3,000/mm3at presentation (OR 6.56, 95% CI 1.05 – 40.95) predicted death.ConclusionWhile fungal peritonitis is still associated with a high frequency of death and technique failure, one-third of our patients eventually returned to PD. Patients with a high burden of comorbidities appear at higher risk of death. We postulate that the high mortality associated with FP is partially related to the severity of comorbidity among patients with F P, rather than the infection per se. Importantly, PD can be resumed in a significant proportion of cases.

scholarly journals Ten-year experience with fungal peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients: antifungal susceptibility patterns in a North-American center

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e41-e43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmin Levallois ◽  
Annie-Claire Nadeau-Fredette ◽  
Annie-Claude Labbé ◽  
Michel Laverdière ◽  
Denis Ouimet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
North American ◽  
Antifungal Susceptibility ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Fungal Peritonitis ◽  
Susceptibility Patterns
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