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peritoneal sample, dialysis-associated peritonitis, continuous ambulatory peritoneal, an acute, chronic inflammation, irritation, swelling, the peritoneum, lining, the abdomenal cavity, occurs in people receiving peritoneal dialysis, dialysis-associated peritonitis the introduction of bacteria, peritoneum by the dialysis procedure, skin bacteria, the most common organisms causing infection, incidence, one infection, every 15 months of peritoneal dialysis, abdominal tenderness, distended abdomen, nausea, vomiting, cloudy dialysis fluid, additional symptoms that associated, fever, chills, a physical examination, find that abdomen is tender, touched, some discharge, site, catheter used, dialysis enters the skin, infection, peritoneal fluid culture, cell count, gram stain, cbc, complete blood count, blood culture, goal of treatment, cure the infection, antibiotics, given into a vein, intravenous injection, peritoneum, antibiotic, specific, organism recovered in cultures of blood, peritoneal fluid, most patients recover uneventfully, recurrent peritonitis, intraabdominal abscess, catheter tract infection, removal, the dialysis catheter necessary, receive peritoneal dialysis treatments, develop symptoms of peritonitis, careful sterile technique, performing peritoneal dialysis, help reduce the risk of inadvertently introducing bacteria, not preventable, equipment design improvements have made these infections less common.