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RAOLA SANCHEZ, María Esther; GARCIA GARCIA, Edwin; PRET CRUZ, David  e  MOLINA, Saúl. Peritonitis eosinofílica: Reporte de un caso en el Instituto de Nefrología, Abelardo Büch López. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2003, vol.42, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

This paper reports a case of a white female patient aged 65 years who had a history of diabetes mellitus I which brought about terminal chronic renal failure that was treated with intermittent peritoneal dialysis. Three weeks after the application of this method, the patient began suffering diffuse abdominal pain, nausea and peritoneal irritation signs. Peritoneal fluid was cultured, showing eosinophilia over 30%. The diagnosis was eosinophilic peritonitis and she was treated with intraperitoneal hydrocortisone at dose of 5mg/kg of weight for 2 weeks. Clinical improvement and negative results in the peritoneal fluid study were observed

Palavras-chave : KIDNEY FAILURE CHRONIC; PERITONITIS [drug therapy]; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS.