Invasive Infection With Purpureocillium lilacinum: A Case of Fungal Peritonitis
John M West, Lissete Whitaker, James Grubbs, Hasan Samra · 2025
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Description
John West and co-authors report a rare mold infection in a teen on home dialysis. The mold, Purpureocillium lilacinum, lives in the environment and seldom infects people. When it does, eyes and skin are the usual sites. Their 2025 case involves a 15-year-old girl with belly pain and a blocked dialysis tube.
Fluid from her belly grew the mold, a rare cause of peritonitis tied to dialysis. The fungus is known to shrug off several common antifungal drugs. A first drug, fluconazole, failed here. A long course of isavuconazole then cleared the infection. The authors count this as just the fourth such case on record. It is the first one treated with isavuconazole.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John M West, Lissete Whitaker, James Grubbs, Hasan Samra |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |