Rare occurrence of fatal Candida haemulonii peritonitis in a diabetic CAPD patient

Anand YuvarajDepartment of Nephrology, Madras Medical Mission ChennaiIndia

Anusha RohitDepartment of Microbiology, Madras Medical Mission ChennaiIndia

Priyanka Joseph KoshyDepartment of Pathology, Madras Medical Mission ChennaiIndia

P. NagarajanDepartment of Surgery, Madras Medical Mission ChennaiIndia

Sanjeev NairDepartment of Nephrology, Madras Medical Mission ChennaiIndia

Georgi AbrahamDepartment of Nephrology, Madras Medical Mission ChennaiIndiaCorrespondence[email protected]

Abstract

A 68-year-old diabetic chronic kidney disease patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for two years developed Candida haemulonii peritonitis without any predisposing factors. There is no effective treatment for this fungus. A peritoneal biopsy showed morphological changes of acute inflammation and chronicity.

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