Missed Diagnosis of Aspergillus Niger Peritonitis in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient with Standard Culture: Might Enriched Blood Culture Materials have an Advantage?

Peritonitisis a major complication of peritoneal dialysis(PD).Although bacteria are the mostresponsible pathogens, fungi can also be the cause of this condition. Candida species (spp.) are common agents in fungal peritonitis with a rate of 70% while Aspergillus spp. is rare. Aspergillus spp. can le...

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Published in:	Turkish Journal of Nephrology
Main Authors:	İlhan KURULTAK, Mevlüt ÇERİ, Kenan ARICAN, Can KİNALP, Salih CESUR, T. Rıfkı EVRENKAYA
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Turkish Society of Nephrology 2019-02-01
Subjects:	Aspergillus niger Peritoneal dialysis Peritonitis Enriched blood culture materials
Online Access:	https://turkjnephrol.org/index.php/pub/article/view/1067