Spontaneous Fungal Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Heart Failure

This report presents a case of spontaneous fungal peritonitis (SFP) in a patient with cardiogenic ascites. Physicians need to be aware of this life-threatening condition because early suspicion of SFP can improve survival. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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Autores principales: Gonzalez-Cordero, Ariel F., Malavé-Sánchez, Melanie, Vergara-Gómez, Mark, Franqui-Rivera, Hilton
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6908944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31840136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.036
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author Gonzalez-Cordero, Ariel F.
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spelling pubmed-69089442019-12-13 Spontaneous Fungal Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Heart Failure Gonzalez-Cordero, Ariel F. Malavé-Sánchez, Melanie Vergara-Gómez, Mark Franqui-Rivera, Hilton JACC Case Rep Case Report This report presents a case of spontaneous fungal peritonitis (SFP) in a patient with cardiogenic ascites. Physicians need to be aware of this life-threatening condition because early suspicion of SFP can improve survival. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2019-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6908944/ /pubmed/31840136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.036 Text en © 2019 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Spontaneous Fungal Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Heart Failure
title Spontaneous Fungal Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Heart Failure
title_full Spontaneous Fungal Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Heart Failure
title_fullStr Spontaneous Fungal Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Heart Failure
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Fungal Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Heart Failure
title_short Spontaneous Fungal Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Heart Failure
title_sort spontaneous fungal peritonitis: a rare complication of heart failure
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6908944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31840136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.036
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