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Table 8 Catheter removal applications

From: Peritoneal Dialysis Guidelines 2019 Part 1 (Position paper of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy)

-Refractory peritonitis

-Relapsing peritonitis

-Refractory exit-site infection, and refractory tunnel infection

-Fungal peritonitis

-Catheter removal should be considered for the following pathologies as well:

- Repeated peritonitis

- Mycobacterial peritonitis

- Enterobacterial peritonitis

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Renal Replacement Therapy

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