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This paper reports a case of infection byHistoplasma capsulatum apparently restricted to the peritoneum in a woman submitted to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Diagnosis was established by culture of dialysis fluid and peritoneal nodule and by histopathologic examination.
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Lopes, J.O., Alves, S.H., Benevenga, J.P. et al. Histoplasma capsulatum peritonitis associated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Mycopathologia 122, 101–102 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01103606
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01103606