Open AccessAlternaria alternata peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Author(s) -
Y. Guedri,
Najla Dammek,
Alia Yaacoub,
S. Mrabet,
W. Sahtout,
A. Azzabi,
S. Nouira,
D. Zellama,
A. Fathallah,
Ben Said Moncef,
A. Achour
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 - 10.4103/1319-2442.220862
Subject(s) - medicine , alternaria alternata , peritonitis , discontinuation , peritoneal dialysis , continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis , candida albicans , complication , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture , biology
Fungal peritonitis is a serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) leading to loss of ultrafiltration and discontinuation of PD treatment. The most frequently isolated fungi are Candida albicans and, filamentous fungi such Alternaria alternata species are found only rarely. We report the case of a 75-year-old woman who developed peritonitis due to this black fungus.