Fungal peritonitis caused by Pichia kudriavzevii following sleeve gastrectomy

A 23-year-old female, who had undergone a sleeve gastrectomy two weeks earlier, presented with abdominal complaints. A CT scan showed portal vein thrombosis, bowel ischemia, and intra-abdominal sepsis. Anastomosis and antibiotic therapy were not successful, and the patient went into multi-organ fail...

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Autores principales: Al Bshabshe, Ali, Joseph, Martin R.P., Battayah, Esam Salem, Hamid, Mohamed E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6832336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31215216
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2019.205
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Sumario:A 23-year-old female, who had undergone a sleeve gastrectomy two weeks earlier, presented with abdominal complaints. A CT scan showed portal vein thrombosis, bowel ischemia, and intra-abdominal sepsis. Anastomosis and antibiotic therapy were not successful, and the patient went into multi-organ failure and died. Multiple cultures revealed a yeast fungus confirmed asPichia kudriavzevii using rRNA gene sequencing. We report the first case of peritonitis in association with P kudriavzevii. In addition to the abdominal complications and surgical interventions, the yeast was found to have significantly contributed to the patient's death. SIMILAR CASES PUBLISHED: None. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None.

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