Silent infection in clotted hemodialysis access grafts

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1314-1317

  Ayus, J Carlos ^a,b   Sheikh Hamad, David ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0031801435     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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