Seasonal variations of enteric peritonitis in Belgium and France : RDPLF data ; Variation saisonnière des péritonites entériques en Belgique et France : d’après les données du RDPLF

International audience ; Little information is available on the seasonal ecology of germs responsible for peritoneal dialysis peritonitis. We performed a retrospective study based on RDPLF data covering the last 20 years and 20411 episodes of peritonitis. We show that the percentage of enteric peritonitis is highest in summer, lowest in winter and identical in spring and autumn. This higher proportion of organisms of enteric origin in summer has itself tended to increase in recent years. We postulate that a food contamination by enteric germs associated with an increased bacterial translocatio... Mehr ...