Successful treatment of peritonitis caused by Acremonium species without catheter removal: Case report and literature review
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Published:2023-11-30
Issue:11
Volume:17
Page:1631-1635
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ISSN:1972-2680
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Container-title:The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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language:
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Short-container-title:J Infect Dev Ctries
Author:
Zhuang Zhen,
Li YuehongORCID,
Wu Xianglan,
Wang Wei,
Cao Mingxia,
Xiao Nan
Abstract
Introduction: It is a rare case of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis associated with Acremonium sp. infection.
Case presentation: Symptoms of Acremonium infection peritonitis are hidden and atypical, leucocytes in ascites are moderately elevated, and general bacterial culture difficulty obtains positive results. In this report, a patient with peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by Acremonium species was successfully treated without catheter removal in our hospital. The organism species was cultured from a catheter and PD effluent fluid. The patient’s peritonitis did not relapse within 6 months.
Conclusions: Once a patient on peritoneal dialysis was infected with fungal peritonitis, the outcome was usually to remove the tube and stop peritoneal dialysis. In this case, our experience is that using a catheter-salvage therapy method, we can successfully cure PD-related peritonitis associated with Acremonium sp.
Publisher
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Subject
Virology,Infectious Diseases,General Medicine,Microbiology,Parasitology