In comparison
with this descriptive report of the isolated organisms
in 250 culture-positive cases of peritonitis, our data
show a large fall in the percentage of episodes of
peritonitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci
counterbalanced by a rise in the proportion of cases
of S.aureus peritonitis. There are also smaller rises in
the proportion of fungal and Gram-negative cases in
the modern era.