The ideal empiric
treatment has been the subject of much debate, but
the antimicrobial sensitivity patterns in this study
may justify the continuing use of vancomycin in PD
centres in Scotland. The prevalence of MRSA is high
whilst there was only one case of VRE peritonitis in
the 3.5 year period. Khairullah et al. have reported no
cases of VRE in a recent 2 year study of also using
empiric vancomycin for peritonitis in an out-patient
setting [18]