Peritonitis Due to<i>Curvularia inaequalis</i>in an Elderly Patient Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis and a Review of Six Cases of Peritonitis Associated with Other<i>Curvularia</i>spp

Pimentel, Jason D.; Mahadevan, Kumar; Woodgyer, Alan; Sigler, Lynne; Gibas, Connie Fe C.; Harris, Owen C.; Lupino, Michael; Athan, Eugene

doi:10.1128/jcm.43.8.4288-4292.2005

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“…Peritonitis occurs essentially only in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (6,8,69,97,106,115,117,144,197,261,302,305,367,405,416,461,466,563,598,605,618,619,656,690,762,765,783,784). The presentation is usually subacute, with many patients being without significant symptoms.…”

Section: Phaeohyphomycosismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Melanized Fungi in Human Disease

2010

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SUMMARY Melanized or dematiaceous fungi are associated with a wide variety of infectious syndromes. Many are soil organisms and are generally distributed worldwide, though certain species appear to have restricted geographic ranges. Though they are uncommon causes of disease, melanized fungi have been increasingly recognized as important pathogens, with most reports occurring in the past 20 years. The spectrum of diseases with which they are associated has also broadened and includes allergic disease, superficial and deep local infections, pneumonia, brain abscess, and disseminated infection. For some infections in immunocompetent individuals, such as allergic fungal sinusitis and brain abscess, they are among the most common etiologic fungi. Melanin is a likely virulence factor for these fungi. Diagnosis relies on careful microscopic and pathological examination, as well as clinical assessment of the patient, as these fungi are often considered contaminants. Therapy varies depending upon the clinical syndrome. Local infection may be cured with excision alone, while systemic disease is often refractory to therapy. Triazoles such as voriconazole, posaconazole, and itraconazole have the most consistent in vitro activity. Further studies are needed to better understand the pathogenesis and optimal treatment of these uncommon infections.

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Section: Phaeohyphomycosismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Clinical isolates include C. geniculata, C. lunata, C. pallescens, C. senegalensis, C. brachyspora, C. clavata, C. verruculosa, and C. inaequalis (Fig. 3) (598). C. lunata is the most common clinical species, and C. lunata var.…”

Section: Pleosporalesmentioning

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Melanized Fungi in Human Disease

2010

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“…Recently, newly reported causes of fungal peritonitis associated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis were described both in this journal and in another (6,7). These episodes threatened to go undetected due to false-negative culture results in the initial investigations.…”

Section: False-negative Culture Results With Fungal Isolates From Permentioning

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“…It is likely that due to the filamentous nature of these fungi (Curvularia inaequalis [6] and Cunninghamella bertholletiae [7]), the clumps of mycelium did not rapidly travel down into the neck of the bottle when inverted. As such, it is also likely that the reach of the needle was exceeded and no hyphae were drawn out, yielding negative microscopy results.…”

Section: False-negative Culture Results With Fungal Isolates From Permentioning

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False-Negative Culture Results with Fungal Isolates from Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid

Pimentel

Lum

2006

J Clin Microbiol

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“…Fungi are an infrequent cause of peritonitis in patients on PD: the incidence of fungal peritonitis varies from 1% to 15% [1]. Yeast, and rarely filamentous fungi [2,3], are the most frequent causes of fungal peritonitis. In our study, the intent was to report all cases in our institution, from January 1997 until and including December, 2007, where fungal species were isolated from peritoneal fluid (PF) of patients with peritonitis on PD who exhibited some clinical and diagnostic characteristics of fungal peritonitis.…”

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Ten-year prevalence of fungal peritonitis in the city of Nis, South Serbia

Tasić¹,

Miladinović-Tasić²,

Djordjević

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AbstractFungal peritonitis is a rare but serious complication in patients with chronic renal failure on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The purpose of this study was to report the prevalence of fungal peritonitis in patients on CAPD in the Clinical Center-Nis (South Serbia) in the period from 1997 until the end of 2007. Fungal species were isolated in 66 cases (4.5%) of 1471 peritoneal fluid (PF) samples that we examined. During the study period, 22 (1.5%) cases of fungal peritonitis were registered. In 19 cases, Candida isolates were identified, Candida albicans (C. albicans) being the most common species (n=15). Two cases of fungal peritonitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and 1 possible case caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides (Cl. cladosporioides) were also detected.

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Peritonitis Due toCurvularia inaequalisin an Elderly Patient Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis and a Review of Six Cases of Peritonitis Associated with OtherCurvulariaspp

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Melanized Fungi in Human Disease

Melanized Fungi in Human Disease

False-Negative Culture Results with Fungal Isolates from Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid

Ten-year prevalence of fungal peritonitis in the city of Nis, South Serbia

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