Recurrent peritonitis need not be a cause of CAPD dropout.

Though excessive peritonitis is reported as the cause of 27% of CAPD dropout, over a five-year period, only 5 of 41 patients (12%) who had 5 or more episodes of peritonitis stopped CAPD because of excessive peritonitis. Their average time on CAPD prior to stopping was significantly longer than other dropouts with less peritonitis. Only one patient technically could not continue PD. We conclude that excessive peritonitis need not be a major cause for CAPD dropout.