title: Fatal fungal peritonitis in an adolescent on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: association with deferoxamine.
abstract: An unusual case of Rhizopus microsporus (mucormycosis) fungal infection in a teenage boy on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is presented. Premortem cultures were negative and the patient developed a rapidly disseminated fatal infection. The patient was being treated with deferoxamine (DFO) for iron and aluminum overload. An argument is made for a probable association between DFO and this fatal fungal infection in patients with end-stage renal disease.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1317.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Weil
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012233:Rhizopus
chemical_list: D003676:Deferoxamine