Incidence of infectious morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients

Blood Purification

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 477-480

  Vanholder, R ^a   Van Biesen, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Dialysis, morbidity and mortality; Hepatitis; Infections, preventive measures; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

UREMIC TOXIN;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FOREIGN BODY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; DIALYSIS; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UREMIA;

DIALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; UREMIA;

EID: 0036037575     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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