title: [Ascitic peritonitis due to Candida albicans].
abstract: We report a case of spontaneous peritonitis due to Candida albicans, in a diabetic patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, ascites, gastrointestinal bleeding from esophageal varices, sepsis, renal failure and encephalopathy. These factors, added to prolonged antibiotic therapy and instrumental manipulations, could have resulted in the colonization by Candida, usually described in secondary peritonitis, but perhaps underdiagnosed in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous peritonitis and severe multiorgan failure.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suárez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Otero
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Navascués
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Menéndez
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015163:Superinfection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Peritonitis del líquido ascítico por Candida albicans.