Fungal peritonitis and malignancy: Repor
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Kopelson, Gene ;Silva-Hutner, Margarita ;Brown, James
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Article
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1979
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Two patients developed isolated Candida albicans peritonitis in association with intraabdominal malignancy. Although additional factors predisposing to the development of fungal peritonitis were present, we postulate that tumorβrelated local factors permitted fungi to cross the gut wall