Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri peritonitis in a nine-year-old child in Saudi Arabia treated with caspofungin

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• 作者：Nada A. Bokhary ; MD^a ; ^{bokharyf@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ibrahim B. Hussain ; FAAP^b
• 关键词：Kodamaea ohmeri ; Caspofungin ; Peritonitis
• 刊名：Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：10
• 期：4
• 页码：492-495
• 全文大小：1187 K

文摘

Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri is an emerging fatal opportunistic fungal infection. We describe the case of a 9-year-old boy known to have steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. The child, on peritoneal dialysis and cyclosporine, presented with peritonitis related to K. ohmeri. The patient's condition was cured by immediate removal of the peritoneal catheter and treatment with Caspofungin, which was prescribed for susceptible fungal infection.