Peritonitis due to Penicillium and Enterobacter in a patient receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Infectious peritonitis is a common complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Polymicrobial peritonitis accounts for about 8 percent of the peritonitis episodes and involves fungi in 9 percent to 33 percent of cases. We report the known first case of polymicrobial peritonitis in which Penicillium sp. was one of the organisms cultured and the ninth case of Penicillium peritonitis in CAPD.