title: Acremonium kiliense: reappraisal of its clinical significance.
abstract: A case of Acremonium kiliense peritonitis is described. Diagnosis was established by repeated isolation of the fungus from peritoneal dialysate and by its identification on the basis of morphological characteristics and sequencing of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of ribosomal DNA (rDNA). This report and available literature suggest that A. kiliense may have a greater clinical significance than hitherto recognized.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait. zkhan@hsc.edu.kw
authors: Ziauddin
authors: Z
authors: Khan
authors: Khaled
authors: K
authors: Al-Obaid
authors: Suhail
authors: S
authors: Ahmad
authors: Amal Abdel
authors: AA
authors: Ghani
authors: Leena
authors: L
authors: Joseph
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Chandy
mesh_terms: D000164:Acremonium / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000368:Aged; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer