Successful in situ treatment of a fungal peritonitis during CAPD.
A case of candida peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) which recovered with intraperitoneal 5-fluorocytosine alone is reported. This seems to be the first case of fungal peritonitis during CAPD without removing the catheter to be described in the literature.
D000328:Adult; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003596:Cytosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D003596:Cytosine; D005437:Flucytosine