Open AccessEosinophilic peritonitis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient: Inflammation and irritation without infection
Author(s) -
Muhammad Asim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.202771
Subject(s) - medicine , peritonitis , continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis , eosinophilic , feline infectious peritonitis , peritoneal dialysis , ambulatory , irritation , presentation (obstetrics) , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , immunology , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
A 52-year-old patient developed idiopathic eosinophilic peritonitis (EP) four weeks after starting continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis that resolved spontaneously without any clinical sequelae. This case is reported to emphasize the fact that EP can mimic infectious peritonitis in its mode of clinical presentation and that distinction between these two entities is important given their prognostic and therapeutic differences.