Infectious peritonitis profile in peritoneal dialysis at Ibn Sina University Hospital: a 6-year data report.

Background: Infectious peritonitis (IP) is the most common complication in peritoneal dialysis (PD). The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of IP and to determine its clinical, biological, and evolutive characteristics.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a five year, five months retrospective study from July 2006 to December 2011.

[Acute renal failure due to malignant lymphoma infiltration].

We present two cases of renal lymphoma revealed by acute renal failure (ARF), which remains a rare clinical entity. Case 1 was a 29-year-old man with an ARF. The diagnosis was a primitive kidney immunophenotype B lymphoma.

[Peritoneal dialysis: a satisfactory experience of a misknown technique in Rabat University Hospital].

Unlabelled: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement therapy method that could be proposed in the first intention for the treatment of end stage renal disease (ESRD). The aim of the study is to describe the beginning and development of PD in "Ibn Sina" University Hospital in Rabat, and to evaluate the outcome of the patients treated by this technique.

Patients And Methods: It is a descriptive study between July 2006 and December 2009, including 41 ESRD patients treated by PD.

[Sclerodermic renal crisis: case report].

Sclerodermic renal crisis is defined as a severe arterial hypertension or rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a sclerodermic patient, associated with anuria due to no other cause but systemic sclerodermia. It constitutes a rare and dangerous complication. The renal prognosis can be effectively improved by converting enzyme inhibitors, allowing a better arterial hypertension control.