Peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients in Japan: a 2013 retrospective questionnaire survey of Japanese Society for Peritoneal Dialysis member institutions

Table 2 Characteristics of 544 peritonitis episodes of 466 PD patients

Clinical characteristics
PD treatment duration at the time of peritonitis (months)	36.1 ± 32.7
Frequency of peritonitis during the study (cases)
1 time	407
2 times	43
3 times	13
4 times	3
Recurrent peritonitis	19
Relapsing peritonitis	11
Repeat peritonitis	14

Recurrent peritonitis an episode that occurs within 4 weeks of completion of therapy for a prior episode but with a different organism, Relapsing peritonitis an episode that occurs within 4 weeks of completion of therapy for a prior episode with the same organism or a sterile episode, Repeat peritonitis an episode that occurs more than 4 weeks after completion of therapy for a prior episode with the same organism

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