A bold mold? Paecilomyces variotii peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
A patient on peritoneal dialysis developed peritonitis due to Paecilomyces variotii. It appears that this relatively rare organism may be starting to assert itself as a more important human pathogen. A plea is made for speciation.
Eisinger
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RP
Department of Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
Weinstein
M P
MP
D000328:Adult; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010143:Paecilomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D015725:Fluconazole