Table 1. Clinical characteristics of PD patients with peritonitis providing peritoneal effluent samples.
Patient | Age (years) | Sex | Cause of ESRD | Peritonitis number for the patient | Culture results | Duration of peritonitis (days) | Catheter removal | PD vintage at time of peritonitis (months) |
1 | 76 | Male | Nephroangiosclerosis | 7th | Enterococcus faecalis | 2 | Yes | 62 |
8th | Klebsiella | 2 | No | 65 | ||||
9th | Klebsiella | 2 | No | 66 | ||||
2 | 59 | Male | Glomerulonephritis | 3rd | Escherichia coli | 7 | No | 30 |
3 | 64 | Male | Nephroangiosclerosis | 1st | Streptococcus salivarius | 3 | No | 11 |
4 | 72 | Female | Interstitial | 1st | Streptococcus | 2 | No | 19 |
5 | 30 | Female | Vasculitis | 1a | Campylobacter fetus | 2 | No | 6 |
6 | 71 | Male | Nephroangiosclerosis | 3rd | Escherichia coli | 16 | Yes | 13 |
7 | 84 | Male | Unknown | 1st | Bacteroides fragilis | 4 | No | 5 |
8 | 71 | Male | Glomerulonephritis | 2nd | Streptococcus salivarius | 2 | No | 13 |
3rd | Staphylococcus coagulase negative | 5 | No | 15 | ||||
9 | 74 | Male | Unknown | 1st | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 2 | No | 9 |
10 | 48 | Male | Unknown | 1st | Sterile | 3 | No | - |
11 | 48 | Male | Unknown | 1st | Streptococcus | 4 | No | 0.5 |
12 | 50 | Female | Unknown | 4th | Klebsiella | 5 | No | 37 |
13 | 25 | Male | Interstitial | 1st | Staphylococcus aureus | 4 | No | 3 |
14 | 65 | Female | Unknown | 2nd | Candida | 7 | Yes | 12 |
ESRD: End-stage renal disease.