(1) University Hospital, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil;(2) Departmento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97119-970 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Abstract:
A case of peritonitis due toCurvularia lunata during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is reported. Diagnosis was established by culture of dialysis effluent and peritoneal exudate, and was also confirmed through histological examination.