A case of peritoneal histoplasmosis in a patient receiving chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

摘要

Bacterial peritonitis is a fairly common complication of chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). However, fungal causes are unusual, and almost always due to Candida spp. Other fungi may rarely cause peritonitis, often moulds. Peritonitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum is distinctly rare. Histoplasma capulatum peritonitis due to intestinal obstruction has been reported in an AIDS patient, who had evidence for disseminated disease Peritonitis from intestinal perforation has also been reported due to Histoplasma duboisii.