Risk factors and outcomes of culture-negative peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis: 10 years' insight from a large center in northern China.

At the patient level, smoking and male sex showed a trend toward association with ever culture-negative peritonitis, although none reached statistical significance.

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Older age, lower serum albumin levels, and presentation to emergency or non-nephrology settings showed borderline associations with culture negativity but did not reach statistical significance.

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The two large retrospective cohort from southern China (Guangzhou and Hunan) further reported an increasing trend in recent years, from 26.2% (2006 to 2013) [ 15 ] to 38.9% (2016 to 2020).

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