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Case Reports
. 2007 Oct;45(10):3453-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00967-07. Epub 2007 Aug 15.

Peritonitis due to Blastobotrys proliferans in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

N Quirin  1 , M Desnos-Ollivier, J F Cantin, J C Valery, Y Doussy, R Goursaud, F Dromer, J M Tivollier
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Peritonitis due to Blastobotrys proliferans in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

N Quirin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

Blastobotrys proliferans is an ascomycetous yeast never previously reported as a human pathogen. Here we report a case of peritonitis due to Blastobotrys proliferans in a 46-year-old man undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

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FIG. 1.
Blastobotrys proliferans from a culture on 2% malt agar examined with Nomarski interphase contrast (×100). (a) Conidiophores bearing the mother cell with refractive body and secondary conidia. (b) Lateral conidia (arrows). (c) Chlamydospores (arrows).
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