Infective endocarditis: A frequent disease in dialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1360-1362

  Hoen, Bruno ^a  

^a Univ of Besancon Medical Center   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Dialysis; Infective endocarditis; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CATHETERIZATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 2942720690     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh149     Document Type: Article

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