… to water prior to healing is felt to pose an increased risk of exit site and tunnel infection. … In
our opinion, since the skin of dialysis patients is colonized by a wide variety of organisms, 47 …

… Poor glycemic control is a consistent predictor of subsequent risk of catheter tunnel and
exit-site infection, but not of peritoneal infection, among diabetic patients starting PD therapy. …

… 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]. …

… 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 …

… tunnel infections often necessitate the removal of the continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
… 17 children because of infectious complications (21 chronic tunnel infections; 2 recurrent …

… alone, and the rest due to ESI and tunnel infection with or without peritonitis. Peritonitis
that is related temporally and by organism to ESI and tunnel infection is most often caused by …

… 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 …

… infections represent a significant complication of continuous ambulatory … dialysis (CAPD)
as well as of haemodialysis (HD). In CAPD patients peritonitis, exit-site and tunnel infections …