Treatment of severe Paecilomyces varioti peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2943-2946

  Kovac, Damjan ^a   Lindic, Jelka ^a   Lejko Zupanc, Tatjana ^a   Bren, Andrej F ^a   Knap, Bojan ^a   Lesnik, Marjeta ^b   Gucek, Andrej ^a   Ferluga, Dusan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Itraconazole; Ketoconazole; Laparoscopy; Paecilomyces varioti peritonitis; Peritoneal dialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; KIDNEY FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PAECILOMYCES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS;

EID: 0031786820     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.11.2943     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Rubin J, Kirchner K, Walsh D, Green M, Bower J. Fungal peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a report of 17 cases. Am J Kidney Dis 1987; 10: 361-368
2. Marzec A, Heron LG, Pritchard RC, Butcher RH, Powell HR, Disney APS, Tosolini FA. Paecilomyces variotii in peritoneal dialysate. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 2392-2395
3. Swartz RD. Chronic peritoneal dialysis: mechanical and infectious complications. Nephron 1985; 40: 29 37
4. Chan TH, Koehler A, Li PKT. Paecilomyces varioti Peritonitis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 1996; 27: 138 142
5. Ellis DH. Clinical mycology. The Human Opportunistic Mycoses. 1st edn. New York: Pfizer Inc, 1994
6. Samson RA. Paecilomyces and some allied hyphomycetes. Studies in mycology, no. 6. Centraalburcau voor Schimmelculture, Baarn, 1974; 14-19
7. Sherwood JA, Dansky AS. Paecilomyces pyelonephritis complicating nephrolithiasis and review of paecilomyces infections. J Urol 1983; 130:526-528
8. Levin PS, Beebe WE, Abbott RL. Successful treatment of Paecilomyces lilacinus endophthalmitis following cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. Ophthalmic Surg 1987; 18: 217-219
9. Rodrigues MM, MacLeod D. Exogenous fungal endophtalmitis caused by Paecilomyces. Am J Ophthalmol 1975; 79: 687-690
10. Dharmasena FMC, Davies GSR, Catovsky D. Paecilomyces varioti pneumonia complicating hairy cell leukemia. Br Med J 1985; 290: 967 968
11. Fagerburg R, Suh B Buchley HR, Lorber B, Karian J. Cerebrospinal fluid shunt colonisation and obstruction by Paecilomyces variotii. J Neurosurg 1981; 54: 257-260
12. McClellan JR, Hamilton JD, Alexander JA, Wolfe WG, Reed JB. Paecilomyces varioti endocarditis on a prosthetic aortic valve. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1976; 71: 472-475
13. Haldane EV, MacDonald JL, Gittens WO, Yucc K, van Rooyen CE. Prosthetic valvular endocarditis due to the fungus Paecilomyces. Can Med Assoc J 1974; 111: 963-968
14. Nankivell BJ, Pacey D, Gordon DL. Peritoneal eosinophilia associated with Paecilomyces variotii infection in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 1991; 18: 603-605
15. Eisinger RP, Weinstein MP. A bold mold? Paecilomyces variotii peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 1991; 5: 606-608
16. Crompton CH, Balfe JW, Summerbell RC, Silver MM. Peritonitis with Paecilomyces complicating peritoneal dialysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1991; 10: 869 871
17. McNeely D, Vas SI, Dombros N, Oreopoulos DG. Fusarium peritonitis: an uncommon complication. Perit Dial Bull 1981; 1: 94-96
18. Lee SH, Chiang SS, Hseih SJ, Shen HM. Intracatheter amphotericin B retention for fungal peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. J Formos Med Assoc 1995; 94: 132-134
19. Muther RS, Bennett WM. Peritoneal clearance of amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine. West J Med 1980; 133: 157-160
20. Gallis HA, Drew RH, Pickard WW. Amphotericin B: 30 years of clinical experience. Rev Infect Dis 1990; 2: 308-329
21. Coronet F, Martin-Rabadan P, Romero J. Chemical peritonitis after intraperitoneal administration of amphotericin B in a fungal infection of the catheter subcutaneous tunnel. Perit Dial Int 1993; 13: 161-162
22. Peterson LR, Kelty RH, Hall WH, Votava HJ. Therapy of Candida peritonitis: penetration of amphotericin B into peritoneal fluid. Postgrad Med J 1978; 54: 340 342
23. Oppenheim BA, Herbrecht R, Kusne S. The safety and efficacy of amphotericin B colloidal dispersion in the treatment of invasive mycoses. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 21: 1145-1153
24. Gilbert HM, Peters ED, Lang SJ, Hartman BJ. Succesful treatment of fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 22: 348-354
25. Tucker RM, Haq Y, Denning DW, Stevens DA. Adverse events associated with itraconazole in 189 patients on chronic therapy. J Antimicrob Chemother 1990; 26: 561 566