We present a case where a yeast, speciated from peritoneal fluid in a cirrhotic patient with secondary peritonitis. The patient, a man in his 60s with decompensated cirrhosis, was admitted for an upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. On admission, he was treated empirically for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) but failed to improve with antibiotics.
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