| Title: |
Peritonitis due to Candida Guilliermondii in a Patient on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis |
| Authors: |
TATLI, Emel; Gursu, MELTEM; Aydın, Zeki; UZUN, Sami; KARADAG, Serhat; CEBECI, Egemen; PEHLIVANOGLU, Filiz; SAVAS, Ozturk; Kazancioglu, RÜMEYZA |
| Contributors: |
GÜRSU, MELTEM; KAZANCIOĞLU, RÜMEYZA |
| Publication Year: |
2015 |
| Subject Terms: |
Peritoneal Dialysis |
| Description: |
Peritonitis still maintains its importance today as the most significant complication affecting mortality and morbidity in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Although peritonitis is bacterial in 80% of cases, increasing rate of fungal peritonitis has been reported by many studies in recent years. While Candida species (mainly C. parapsilosis, C. albicans and C. tropicalis) are responsible for 70% of cases, other species (Trichosporon, Penicillium, Aspergillus and Acremonium) are very rarely seen. C. guilliermondii has been reported as the cause of peritonitis in PD patients in a few cases. Herein, we present a PD patient with peritonitis due to C. guilliermondii. We aimed to emphasize that non-albicans Candida species should be remembered in PD patients with peritonitis. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/6396; WOS:000216755500015 |
| DOI: |
10.1055/s-0033-1333835 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/6396; https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1333835 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C2652E76 |
| Database: |
BASE |