Spontaneous Cryptococcal Peritonitis Successfully Treated with Fluconazole | ||||
| Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2015, Page 131-133 PDF (119.2 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Case report | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/aeji.2015.17821 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Maysaa Abdallah Saeed1; Tarig S.A. Al Khuwaitir2 | ||||
| 1Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Medicine Department, King Saud Medical City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Spontaneous cryptococcal peritonitis is an uncommon infection that predominantly encountered in immunocompromised. Its clinical presentation is indistinguishable from spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and often results in fatal outcome. Liver disease is an under recognized predisposition for cryptococcal disease. We report a case of spontaneous cryptococcal peritonitis in HIV-negative, non-diabetic female patient with chronic hepatitis C related cirrhosis. Cryptococcus infection was diagnosed by India ink and culture of ascetic fluid. The patient was successfully treated with fluconazole and she was well at the follow up of 9 months. Early clinical suspicion and initiation of antifungal are of paramount to save the patient’s life. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| cryptococcal peritonitis; Fluconazole | ||||
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