Abstract

The isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from peritoneal Quid is rare. A patient is reported in whom peritoneal infection was the sole manifestation of cryptococcosis.Cryptococcosis is a pulmonary disease with or without hematogenous dissemination to other organs. Several cases of disseminated cryptococcal disease have yielded C neoformans on culture of ascitic fluid,1,2 but to our knowledge this case report represents the first instance of ascitic fluid as the only manifestation of cryptococcal infection.