Case report: spontaneous peritonitis caused by Candida albicans.
We report a 40-year-old man with decompensated alcoholic liver cirrhosis, who developed spontaneous peritonitis caused by Candida albicans after complete recovery from a recent episode of acute pancreatitis. The patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B. A search of the literature showed that this is the fourth reported case of spontaneous peritonitis caused by Candida albicans.
Yang
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Department of Gastroenterology and Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yeh
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Hung
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Liaw
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D000328:Adult; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed