Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Jan 2017)

Alternaria alternata peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

  • Yosra Guedri,
  • Najla Dammek,
  • Alia Yaacoub,
  • Sinda Mrabet,
  • Wissal Sahtout,
  • Awatef Azzabi,
  • Safa Nouira,
  • Dorsaf zellama,
  • Fathallah Akila,
  • Ben Said Moncef,
  • Abdellatif Achour

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-2442.220862
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 6
pp. 1440 – 1442

Abstract

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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.