Seven-year study of bacteremia in hospitalized patients on chronic hemodialysis in a single tertiary hospital

Ren Fail. 2003 Jul;25(4):579-88. doi: 10.1081/jdi-120022549.

Abstract

Sixty-seven hospitalized bacteremic patients on chronic hemodialysis were matched with 134 bacteremic controls. Mortality (25% and 28% respectively) was unrelated to dialysis. Predictors of mortality were: advanced age, decreased functional capacity, and malignancies. Most common organisms recovered were Staphylococcus aureus (30%), coagulase negative Staphylococcus (15%), and polymicrobial agents (15%).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / epidemiology*
  • Bacteremia / etiology*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Blood Urea Nitrogen
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Female
  • Fungemia / drug therapy
  • Fungemia / epidemiology
  • Fungemia / etiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Hospitalization*
  • Humans
  • Israel / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prospective Studies
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Risk Factors
  • Serum Albumin / metabolism
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Survival Analysis
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • Serum Albumin
  • Creatinine