You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Short reports/Case reports
Candida albicans peritonitis in a patient with Felty’s syndrome
  1. D W Thomas,
  2. P Munuswamy,
  3. K Adu-Poku,
  4. C S Holgate,
  5. P Hickling,
  6. A Lambert,
  7. A G Prentice
  1. Departments of Haematology, Histopathology, Rheumatology, and Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, PL6 8DH UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr D W Thomas
 Department of Haematology, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2QZ, UK; wayne.thomaswsh.nhs.uk

Abstract

A 53 year old man with Felty’s syndrome presented with abdominal pain and fever. He underwent a laparotomy after starting broad spectrum antibiotics. An intestinal biopsy showed skip ulcers with fungal hyphae. Peritoneal exudates grew Candida albicans. He was started on intravenous fluconazole and then switched to liposomal amphotericin to which he showed a good clinical response. After one month at home he was readmitted with candidosis and died of a myocardial infarction.

https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2004.016287

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    View Full Text

    Footnotes