Infective endocarditis in chronic haemodialysis: Two treatment strategies

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2226-2230

  Fernández Cean, Juan ^a   Alvarez, Asunción ^a   Burguez, Sergio ^a   Baldovinos, Graciela ^a   Larre Borges, Patricia ^a   Cha, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Infective endocarditis; Peritoneal dialysis; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

EID: 0036899306     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.12.2226     Document Type: Article

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