Cargando…

Secondary peritonitis in a patient with cirrhosis involving Hyphopichia burtonii, an emerging fungal pathogen

We present a case where Hyphopichia burtonii, a yeast, speciated from peritoneal fluid in a cirrhotic patient with secondary peritonitis. The patient, a man in his 60s with decompensated cirrhosis, was admitted for an upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. On admission, he was treated empirically for sp...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Feldman, Erica B., Bellinghausen, Amy L., Vodkin, Irine E., Abeles, Shira R., Kamdar, Biren B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9996382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36911872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01730