Fungal peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patient

Authors

Maysam Kareem Hasan, Ministry of Education/ Thi_Qar Educationm.Follow
Hawraa Ahmed Mohamed, Department of medical laboratory Technology-Collage of Health and Medical Technology - National University of Sciences and Technology, Iraq.Follow

Document Type

Original Study

Abstract

Fungal peritonitis is uncommon complication of peritoneal dialysis, when present carry high risk of morbidity and mortality, the current study aim to study occurrence of FP in a random sample of peritoneal dialysis patient and the outcome.

Material and method: cross sectional study included 80 patients on peritoneal dialysis in Baghdad teaching hospital, from the duration of January 2021 to march 2021, sample was collected from each patient cultured and smeared.

Result: 45 male and 35 female with range of age 35-70 with mean of 45 ± 9.05, 22 case of infection was found (12 FP and 20 BP). C. parapsilosis was the common isolated fungi, a statistical significant association was found between immune suppression use and previous antibiotic use with infection, the mean effluent WBC is statistically higher in FP than BP.

Conclusion: Despite being FP is uncommon condition, 12 case was detected in the study. 75% of patient were on dialysis due to DM, the most common organism was C. parapsilosis. The FP patient show worse prognosis than BP.

Keywords

Fungi, Fungal, dialysis, hemodialysis.

Recommended Citation

Hasan, Maysam Kareem and Mohamed, Hawraa Ahmed (2024) "Fungal peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patient," Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science: Vol. 29 : No. 2 , Article 8.
Available at: https://doi.org/DOI:/10.29350/ jops.

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