title: Cryptococcal peritonitis in a CAPD patient.
abstract: A 50-year-old diabetic woman with end-stage renal disease, who had been on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for 8 months, developed peritonitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans. The patient was completely asymptomatic and infection was confirmed by detection of budding yeast cells in Gram-stained smears of turbid peritoneal fluid. The infection was cleared after intravenous fluconazole with delayed removal of the catheter. Fluconazole may be a suitable alternative drug in treating cryptococcal peritonitis.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Laboratory, Gisborne Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woodgyer
mesh_terms: D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D015725:Fluconazole; D007654:Ketoconazole