TY - JOUR
T1 - Staphylococcus aureus carriage rate of patients receiving long-term hemodialysis
AU - Kirmani, Nigar
AU - Tuazon, C. U.
AU - Murray, H. W.
AU - Parrish, A. E.
AU - Sheagren, J. N.
PY - 1978/12/1
Y1 - 1978/12/1
N2 - The authors studied the carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis and also noted the incidence of shunt infections, bacteremia, and septicemia in colonized patients. Thirty-one of 50 patients (62%) carried S. aureus in the nose, throat, or on the skin, of whom 20 patients developed shunt infections; nine infections resulted in episodes of bacteremia. Patients with chronic renal failure not undergoing hemodialysis had a 21% carriage rate. Thus, there is a high carriage rate of S. aureus in asymptomatic patients receiving hemodialysis that is probably related to an increased incidence of shunt infections and bacteremia.
AB - The authors studied the carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis and also noted the incidence of shunt infections, bacteremia, and septicemia in colonized patients. Thirty-one of 50 patients (62%) carried S. aureus in the nose, throat, or on the skin, of whom 20 patients developed shunt infections; nine infections resulted in episodes of bacteremia. Patients with chronic renal failure not undergoing hemodialysis had a 21% carriage rate. Thus, there is a high carriage rate of S. aureus in asymptomatic patients receiving hemodialysis that is probably related to an increased incidence of shunt infections and bacteremia.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.138.11.1657
DO - 10.1001/archinte.138.11.1657
M3 - Article
C2 - 718314
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 138
SP - 1657
EP - 1659
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 11
ER -