Successful renal transplantation following treatment of Aspergillus terreus peritonitis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient

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CASE REPORT

Year : 2011 | Volume : 21 | Issue : 3 | Page : 208-211

Successful renal transplantation following treatment of Aspergillus terreus peritonitis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient

S Varughese¹, MS Mathews², V Tamilarasi¹
¹ Department of Nephrology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
² Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Correspondence Address:
S Varughese
Department of Nephrology, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu
India

DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.78069

PMID: 21886985

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) related peritonitis caused by fungi is a potentially life-threatening complication. It diminishes prospects of continuing PD. We report a patient with Aspergillus terreus peritonitis treated successfully with catheter removal and antifungal therapy and subsequently had a live-related renal transplantation. There was no recurrence of the infection in 3 years of follow-up.

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