Peritonitis caused by Monilia sitophila in a patient undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

Fungi have become an increasingly important cause of peritonitis in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The most common cause of fungal peritonitis is Candida. However, in recent years unusual and "nonpathogenic" fungi have been reported as etiologic agents of CAPD-associated peritonitis.

Selected nosocomial viral infections.

A nosocomial viral infection is defined as a viral infection the onset of which occurs when the patient has been hospitalized longer than the incubation period of the virus. Viruses account for about 5% of all nosocomial infections. Viral cross-infection is most common in infants and children but also occurs in other groups, including the elderly, institutionalized persons of all ages, immunocompromised hosts, and patients with underlying chronic pulmonary, renal, or cardiac disease.

Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in immunocompromised patients: case report and review of the literature.

Mycobacterium haemophilum, previously characterized as an unusual pathogen, is found primarily in immunocompromised hosts. This organism has stringent growth characteristics and may not be isolated using routine techniques. M.

Recurrent tonsillitis: histologic and bacteriologic evaluation.

Histologic and bacteriologic evaluations of tonsils removed at surgery from ten patients with a diagnosis of recurrent tonsillitis were performed. The bacteriology was complex, with an average of 6.3 aerobic bacteria and 3.