Risk factors include renal failure requiring peritoneal dialysis . Pneumococci and staphylococci are the most common organisms. Some cases are not preventable. An abdominal X-ray is abnormal. The antibiotic chosen will be one that is specific to the organism recovered in cultures of blood or peritoneal fluid.
Most patients recover uneventfully.
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