Inflammation of the peritoneum, caused by an infection People on peritoneal dialysis risk getting peritonitis if they touch the connection between their PD catheter and the bags of dialysis fluid Most attacks are easily treated with antibiotic drugs
Peritonitis is a disease in which the inside wall of your abdomen becomes swollen and very painful. a serious condition in which the inside wall of someone's abdomen (=part around and below your stomach) becomes infected and painful (peritoneum (16-21 centuries) (from , from ) + -itis). Inflammation of the peritoneum (see abdominal cavity), with pus accumulating between the parietal and the visceral peritoneum, abdominal pain and distension, vomiting, and fever. It may be acute or chronic, local or generalized. Acute peritonitis usually results from inflammation elsewhere (e.g., by spread of bacterial infection). Primary peritonitis often comes from a perforated gastrointestinal tract, as with rupture in appendicitis. Control of the source problem may be followed by remission, adhesions, or abscesses (much rarer since the development of antibiotics)