Predictive Factors, Treatment, and Outcomes of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Peritonitis in Malaysian Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Single-Center Study

Table 1

Patients’ demographics and clinical characteristics (N = 95).

Characteristics	Values
Age (years, mean ± SD)	61.5 ± 10.9
Gender (male:female)	53:42
Race, n (%)
Malay	67 (71%)
Chinese	23 (24%)
Indian	3 (3%)
Others	2 (2%)
Dialysis vintage at presentation, months (median (IQR))^¥	19 (25)
PD modality, n (%)
CAPD	79 (83%)
APD	15 (16%)
CCPD	1 (1%)
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	77 (81%)
Recent hospitalization, n (%)	44 (46%)
Recent systemic antibiotics, n (%)^#	27 (28%)
Time between symptoms onset and presentation to the hospital, days (median (IQR))^£	2 (2)
Serum albumin at presentation, g/L (median (IQR))^§	28 (6)
Concomitant exit-site infection, n (%)	9 (10%)
History of PD-related peritonitis, n (%)	35 (37%)

APD, automated peritoneal dialysis; CAPD, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; CCPD, continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation. ^¥The duration of time between the first day of PD commencement and the day of patients presented with signs and symptoms of PD-related peritonitis. Hospitalization within 3 months before the onset of CoNS peritonitis. ^#History of systemic antibiotic use within 3 months before the onset of CoNS peritonitis. ^£The duration of time between the day of patients first developed symptoms of PD-related peritonitis and the day they presented to the hospital. ^§Serum albumin level taken on the day patients first presented to the hospital with symptoms of PD-related peritonitis.