Objective The objective of our research was to summarize and review evidence supporting a
causal relationship between exit-site infection and peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis (PD) …

Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis provide life‐sustaining therapy for patients with end‐
stage renal disease (ESRD). Peritoneal dialysis requires the regular exchange of dialysate …

Peritoneal dialysis is an effective form of renal replacement therapy. Despite improvements
in connection technology, peritoneal infection is still the most important preventable cause of …

Infections of the Tenckhoff catheter exit site and tunnel require antibiotic therapy to treat the
infection and to prevent progression to peritonitis (1, 2). In general, 2–3 weeks of an oral …

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has become a real alternative to hemodialysis (HD) in recent
decades, with comparable survival rates, lower costs, and improved patient quality of life …

Despite new catheter designs (1, 2), improved dialysis techniques (3), and various
prophylactic strategies with antibiotic cream applied to the nose or the exit site (4, 5) …

Conclusions No particular PD catheter type, placement, insertion technique, break-in period,
or other catheter intervention has been shown to be superior in terms of preventing catheter …

Exit-site/tunnel infection and catheter outcome in peritoneal dialysis patients. - Abstract -
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Exit-site infections are a serious catheter-related complication for continuous ambulatory
peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. A healthy exit site is usually dry and does not bleed or …

Correspondence to: KD Nolph, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Missouri, MA436 Health Sciences Center, Columbia, Missouri 65212 USA …