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Table 2 Causes of Catheter partial replantation and their clinical courses

From: Successful management of catheter injury or refractory infection by partial replantation of peritoneal dialysis catheters: a retrospective observational study

Case

Age/sex

PD vintage

Cause of replantation/ organism (if infection)

ESI/organism

Tunnel infection/organism

Peritonitis/organism

Removal

1

36/M

98 months

Catheter perforation

36 months/Corynebacterium species

-

36 months/

MRCNS (S. epidermidis)

 

2

37/F

96 months

Catheter perforation

 

-

10 days/

Candida parapsilosis

46 days

3

49/F

96 months

Catheter perforation

 

-

23 months /

no growth

 

4

68/M

14 months

Tunnel infection/Corynebacterium Striatum

 

-

-

 

5

45/M

85 months

ESI /

Corynebacterium amycolatum

 

4 months /

Corynebacterium Striatum

-

6 months

6

79/F

76 months

Catheter rupture

  

-

 

7

60/F

32 months

Catheter tear

  

-

 

8

63/M

1 month

Catheter tear

  

-

 

9

63/F

96 month

Catheter tear

  

-

 
  1. PD; peritoneal dialysis, ESI; exit site infection