Candida tropicalis in Peritoneal Dialysis-related Peritonitis Diagnosed by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry

Fungal peritonitis (FP) is a rare complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). Candida tropicalis infections are rarely reported in literature. The authors present the first case of FP with peritoneal abscess due to C. tropicalis in a 22-year-old woman admitted to our hospital with septic shock. Abdomi...

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Main Authors: María Guadalupe Ramírez Ramírez, Héctor Raúl Ibarra Sifuentes, Sergio Raúl Alvizures Solares, Giovanna Yazmin Arteaga Muller, Jesús Cruz Valdez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2021;volume=32;issue=1;spage=245;epage=248;aulast=Ramírez