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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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1997-02, Vol.24 (2), p.279-280
Hauptverfasser:	Spindel, Steven J., Lacke, Christine E., Pellegrino, Candice R., Graviss, Edward A., Hamill, Richard J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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