CASE REPORT article
Front. Fungal Biol.
Sec. Medical Mycology
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/ffunb.2025.1637498
Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by Fusarium : A case report and literature review
Provisionally accepted
- 1Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong, China
- 2Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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Fungal peritonitis represents a significant complication of peritoneal dialysis(PD) and can result in severe consequences, however casued by Fusarium is relatively rare and there is no standard treatment plan to reference. Consequently, clinical pharmacists participated in the drug therapy for a rare case of fungal peritonitis in PD caused by Fusarium through literature review and therapeutic drug monitoring. Finally, this case received oral voriconazole and the plasma concentration was maintained above 2 μg/mL, also the patient achieved favorable outcomes.
Keywords: Fusarium, Peritonitis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Voriconazole, Therapeutic drug monitoring
Received: 29 May 2025; Accepted: 26 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Peng, Wu, Deng, Tong and WU. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Qin Peng, Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong, China
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