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Case Reports
. 1975 Dec;87(6 Pt 1):987-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(75)80925-5.

Treatment of Candida peritonitis by peritoneal lavage with amphotericin B

R A Bortolussi, M R MacDonald, R M Bannatyne, G S Arbus
Case Reports

Treatment of Candida peritonitis by peritoneal lavage with amphotericin B

R A Bortolussi et al. J Pediatr. 1975 Dec.

Abstract

A 14-year-old girl, who was a renal transplant recipient, developed Candida tropicalis peritonitis during peritoneal dialysis and immunosuppressive and broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. Therapeutic cure of the peritonitis followed a ten-day course of amphotericin B administered solely by peritoneal lavage.

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