title: A case of Acremonium strictum peritonitis.
abstract: During the past two decades opportunistic fungal infections have emerged as important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with severe underlying illnesses. A few cases of Acremonium spp. infections have been described in immunocompromised patients, but they have on occasion been reported as the cause invasive disease in immunocompetent individuals. Peritonitis is a common clinical problem that occurs in patients with end-stage renal disease treated by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Yeasts, or rarely molds, may also cause peritonitis in patients on CAPD and we present here a case caused by Acremonium strictum.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk Training and Research Hospital Clinical Microbiology Department, Izmir, Turkey. agsener@gmail.com
authors.forename: Asli Gamze
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yucesoy
authors.forename: Seckin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Senturkun
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Afsar
authors.forename: Sureyya Gul
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Yurtsever
authors.forename: Meral
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turk
mesh_terms: D000164:Acremonium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology*