Stopped: The study was stopped march 2009 due to recruitment problems.
The purpose of this study is to analyze whether calorimetry compared to conventional methods (i.e.blood culture systems)is superior to diagnose peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis.
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First (primary endpoint), we predict an earlier pathogen detection by calorimetry (<6 hours versus >24 hours)
Timeframe: two years