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Query: UMLS:C0341503 (
bacterial peritonitis
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A 59-year-old Laotian male with a past medical history of
multiple myeloma
on peritoneal dialysis (PD) presented with abdominal pain and peritoneal eosinophilia. He was treated empirically for
bacterial peritonitis
and discharged although his PD fluid did not isolate any pathogens. He soon developed a partial small bowel obstruction and his serum Strongyloides IgG was positive. After treatment with ivermectin, stool microscopic examination showed Strongyloides stercoralis larvae. This case illustrates that the differential diagnosis of peritoneal eosinophilia should include typical and atypical infections in addition to an allergic or hypersensitivity type reaction.
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PMID:Intestinal Strongyloides causing peritoneal eosinophilia in peritoneal dialysis. 2606 6
