Noncandidal Fungal Peritonitis in Patients with AIDS: Report of Three Cases and Review

Peritoneal involvement is rare in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with systemic mycoses. We report three cases of noncandidal fungal peritonitis that occurred in AIDS patients in our facility between 1989 and December 1994 and review the English-language literature on the subjec...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 1997-02, Vol.24 (2), p.279-280
Main Authors: Spindel, Steven J., Lacke, Christine E., Pellegrino, Candice R., Graviss, Edward A., Hamill, Richard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Abdominal pain
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications
AIDS
AIDS/HIV
Ascites
Ascitic Fluid
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Reports
Coccidioides immitis
Fever
Humans
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunopathology
Infections
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mycoses - etiology
Omentum
Peritonitis
Peritonitis - etiology
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Summary:Peritoneal involvement is rare in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with systemic mycoses. We report three cases of noncandidal fungal peritonitis that occurred in AIDS patients in our facility between 1989 and December 1994 and review the English-language literature on the subject.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/clinids/24.2.279