Abstract:Objective To study the serum iron level, reasons and prognosis of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis in culture-negative patients. Methods The dada of 64 patients with PD-related peritonitis in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from January 2010 to June 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.Among them 32 cases were positive for the culture of peritoneal fluid, 32 cases were culture-negative. The differences in the serum iron levels, the use of antibiotics prior to admission, and treatment outcome were compared between the culture-negative and culture-positive patients with PD-related peritonitis. Results The average serum iron level was(5.560 ± 3.255) μmol/L in the culture-positive patients and (8.732 ± 5.351) μmol/L in the culture-negative patients, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The number of the patients who used antibiotics prior to admission was 3 in the culture-positive group and 12 in the culture-negative group, the difference was statistically significant(P < 0.05). The therapeutic effect was not statistically different between the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusions In the culture-negative patients, peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis is associated with the recent use of antibiotics,serum iron level is higher, but their complete cure rate is similar to that of the culture-positive patients.