04 June 2024
: Case report 
Rare Pathogens in Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis: A Comprehensive Case Study and Guideline Review
Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Rare disease, Adverse events of drug therapy
Abbas Mohammadi1ABCDEF*, Hossein Akhondi1ADE, Dhiresh R. Joshi2DE, Seyed Abbas Mirabbasi1DEDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943953
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943953
Table 1. Diagnostic criteria for peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis [20].
| Abdominal pain and/or cloudy PD fluid | |
| PD fluid WBC >100/µL or >0.1×10/L (after a dwell time of at least 2 h), with >50% PMN | |
| Positive dialysate fluid culture result | |
| PD – peritoneal dialysis; WBC – white cell count; PMNs – polymorphonuclear neutrophils. | |