… Local infections such as tunnel and exit site infections may occur in TCs, and bacteremia can
also … of dialysis, there is a high rate of bloodstream infection (BSI). In comparison to the AV …

… dialysis, where the subcutaneous tunnel, pointed cranially, is a premise for more exit-site
infections … to be removed immediately in cases of tunnel infections, as well as when fungemia is …

… -site/tunnel infections in causing peritonitis. Peritonitis secondary to tunnel infection led to …
Thus, removing the catheter when exit-site/tunnel infection is refractory to medical therapy has …

… An estimated 20% of all peritonitis cases are preceded by an exit site or tunnel infection,
with an association of up to 50% in cases due to S. aureus or P. aeruginosa [9, 12, 13]. …

… Peritoneal dialysis (PD) related infections continue to be a major cause of morbidity … site
infection respectively. The overall incidence of tunnel infection was 1 episode every 278.1 patient…

… dialysis provider’s adherence to care bundles was associated with a patient’s subsequent
risk of infection. … Given the continuum between infections at the exit site and tunnel infections, …

… to the risk for exit-site/tunnel infection occurrence (2 studies, 140 … -site/tunnel infection rates
(2 studies, 2,535 patient-months; … exit-site/tunnel infection risk (regardless of whether patients …

… In 1 patient with exit-site infection, we changed the exit to prevent tunnel infection. Unroofing,
changing the exit site, or catheter removal are required if tunnel infection responds poorly …

… Tunnel infection refers to the presence of clinical inflammation or ultrasonographic evidence
of collection along the subcutaneous catheter tunnel. Tunnel infection is usually associated …

… an ESI, one patient had both infections in the same episode, while 4 patients had each
infection in a different episode, and one patient had peritonitis and tunnel infection in the same …