Peritonitis due to Galactomyces geotrichum: A Rare Case Report
Published: January 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/32124.11140
Anushka V Devnikar, PM Beena, A Bhaskaran, MR Shivaprakash
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India.
2. Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
3. Professor, Department of Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
4. Additional Professor, Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Anushka V Devnikar,
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College,
Navanagar, Bagalkot-587102, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: anushkad20@gmail.com
Galactomyces geotrichum is the teleomorphic stage of several unnamed Geotrichum species. They are filamentous yeast like fungi that are ubiquitous in nature. They have been isolated from various sources such as fruits, vegetables, plants and soil and are also found to be a part of the normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract. It is an emerging pathogen associated with superficial or disseminated infections in an immunocompromised host or in patients with debilitating diseases. This report describes an unusual case of peritonitis due to Galactomyces geotrichum secondary to hollow viscus perforation in a young woman without any underlying co-morbidities.
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