Successful treatment of peritonitis caused by Acremonium species without catheter removal : Case report and literature review

Copyright (c) 2023 Zhen Zhuang, Yuehong Li, Xianglan Wu, Wei Wang, Mingxia Cao, Nan Xiao..

INTRODUCTION: It is a rare case of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis associated with Acremonium spp infection.

CASE PRESENTATION: Symptoms of Acremonium infection peritonitis are hidden and atypical, leucocytes in ascites are moderately elevated, and general bacterial culture difficulty obtains positive results. In this report, a patient with peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by Acremonium species was successfully treated without catheter removal in our hospital. The organism species was cultured from a catheter and PD effluent fluid. The patient's peritonitis did not relapse within 6 months.

CONCLUSIONS: Once a patient on peritoneal dialysis was infected with fungal peritonitis, the outcome was usually to remove the tube and stop peritoneal dialysis. In this case, our experience is that using a catheter-salvage therapy method, we can successfully cure PD-related peritonitis associated with Acremonium sp.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Journal of infection in developing countries - 17(2023), 11 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 1631-1635

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhuang, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yuehong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xianglan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Mingxia [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Nan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acremonium species
Case Reports
Catheter
Fungal peritonitis
Journal Article
Peritoneal dialysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.01.2024

Date Revised 08.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3855/jidc.17679

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365552631