title: Eosinophilic peritonitis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient: Inflammation and irritation without infection.
abstract: A 52-year-old patient developed idiopathic eosinophilic peritonitis (EP) four weeks after starting continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis that resolved spontaneously without any clinical sequelae. This case is reported to emphasize the fact that EP can mimic infectious peritonitis in its mode of clinical presentation and that distinction between these two entities is important given their prognostic and therapeutic differences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nephrology Section, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asim
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests