Peritonitis Terminology1
Recurrent Peritonitis
An episode that occurs within 4 weeks of completion of therapy of a prior episode but with a different organism
Relapsing Peritonitis*
An episode that occurs within 4 weeks of completion of therapy of a prior episode with the same organism or one sterile episode
Repeat Peritonitis*
An episode that occurs more than 4 weeks after completion of therapy of a prior episode with the same organism
Refractory Peritonitis
Failure of the effluent to clear after 5 days of appropriate antibiotics
Catheter-Related Peritonitis
Peritonitis in conjunction with an exit-site or tunnel infection with the same organism or 1 site sterile
*Relapsing episodes should not be counted as another episode during the calculation of peritonitis rates;1 recurrent and repeat episodes should be counted.6
