Five Years’ Experience with Peritonitis in a CAPO Program

Abstract

This paper updates a previous report from the University of Missouri summarizing experience with peritonitis in patients on CAPD. This paper summarizes five years of experience in diagnosing and treating peritonitis at this center. The incidence of peritonitis is much lower in recent years. The center now is more likely to hospitalize patients and much more inclined to remove catheters if the peritonitis does not respond promptly to therapy.