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Tenckhoff Catheter Penetrated by Aspergillus Fumigatus: A Case Report

¹ Department of Nephrology,² Department of Microbiology, and³ Department of Pathology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Correspondence to: F.J. Wegmann, Trenkaervang ge, DK-3460 Birkerød, Denmark.

A case of fungal penetration (AspergIllus fumigatus) of a Tenckhoff catheter in a 68-year-old female treated for five years with peritoneal dialysis is reported. Though histopathological and microbiological examination of the removed catheter revealed disseminated colonization, the patient presented no clinical signs of peritoneal infection, cultures of peritoneal fluid were negative, and dialysis procedures were without problems.

KEY WORDS: Tenckhoff catheter; Aspergillus fumigatus colonization; catheters; peritonitis.

Received 7 March 1988; accepted 21 April 1988.

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