TY - JOUR
T1 - Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Rate of Patients Receiving Long-Term Hemodialysis
AU - Kirmani, Nigar
AU - Tuazon, Carmelita U.
AU - Murray, Henry W.
AU - Parrish, Alvin E.
AU - Sheagren, John N.
PY - 1978/11
Y1 - 1978/11
N2 - We 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 - We 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0348202712
U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1978.03630360041019
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1978.03630360041019
M3 - Article
C2 - 718314
AN - SCOPUS:0348202712
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 138
SP - 1657
EP - 1659
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 11
ER -