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Two cases of peritonitis caused byAcremonium kiliense in patients receiving a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis treatment are reported. Diagnosis was established by direct examination and cultures of dialysis effluent, secretion of catheter-exit-site and from the tip of the catheter. Management of fungal peritonitis includes catheter removal, since in this infection the result of systemic antifungal therapy is inconsistent.
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Lopes, J.O., Alves, S.H., Rosa, A.C. et al. Acremonium kiliense peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: report of two cases. Mycopathologia 131, 83–85 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01102883
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