NDT Advance Access originally published online on September 23, 2006
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007 22(1):266-267; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl535
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Exit site infection due to Zygomycosis resulting in abdominal wall necrosis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient
Nizam's Institute of Medical Science, Department of Nephrology, Hyderabad, India
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Rapur Ram, Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, 500 082, India. Email: ram_5-1999@yahoo.com
Keywords: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; exit site infection; zygomycosis
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A 52-year-old gentleman, type 2 diabetic and hypertensive was initiated on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in August 2004. He was partially blind in both eyes owing to diabetic retinopathy. He had also been confined to bed for the past 2 months, due to severe sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy. His wife and son were performing the exchanges, three per day