Contamination of Transvenous Pacemaker Leads Due to Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter Infection: A Report of 2 Cases

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1097-1101

  Carrillo, Roger G ^a   Garisto, Juan D ^a   Salman, Loay ^a   Merrill, Donna ^a   Asif, Arif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter related bacteremia; Hemodialysis; pacemaker; tunneled dialysis catheter

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIALYSIS CATHETER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77952551794     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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