Eosinophilic peritonitis. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The development of cloudy peritoneal dialysis effluent is of great concern to the patient undergoing therapy with Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. As described in this study, not all cloudy fluid represents bacterial infection. We describe the occurrence of cloudy fluid in eight patients in whom culture of the dialysate did not yield any growth, and whose cell count was characterized by the presence of significant numbers of the eosinophiles. As outlined, the entity of eosinophilic peritonitis has a characteristic presentation which allows for its distinction from the more common bacterial peritonitis.

publication date

  • January 1, 1982

Research

keywords

  • Eosinophilia
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
  • Peritonitis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84907128324

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3109/08860228209049850

PubMed ID

  • 7182084

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 6

issue

  • 4