HISTOPLASMA-CAPSULATUM PERITONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS

Authors
LOPES JO ALVES SH BENEVENGA JP REGIO OR CALIL A
Citation
Jo. Lopes et al., HISTOPLASMA-CAPSULATUM PERITONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS, Mycopathologia, 122(2), 1993, pp. 101-102
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology,Pathology
Journal title
Mycopathologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301486X
Volume
122
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
101 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-486X(1993)122:2<101:HPAWCA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This paper reports a case of infection by Histoplasma capsulatum appar ently restricted to the peritoneum in a woman submitted to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Diagnosis was established by culture o f dialysis fluid and peritoneal nodule and by histopathologic examinat ion.