title: [Infectious peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis: an over-emphasized complication].
abstract: Peritoneal dialysis is an extrarenal epuration modality which uses physiological properties of peritoneum as a dialysis membrane. Despite the improvement of peritoneal dialysis techniques in the last ten years, peritonitis remains one of the most redoubt complications. Peritonitis may sometimes lead to technical failures, which need catheter removing, but rarely lead to death. Our retrospective study at the dialysis center of CHUV has analyzed factors which can predict this kind of complication. It calculates peritonitis rate and median peritonitis free-survival for different groups of patients. It also describes causatives organisms and their sensitivity to antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie et hypertension, Département de médecine interne, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. nima.vakilzadeh@chuv.ch
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vakilzadeh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burnier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Halabi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult