Routine Replacement of Tunneled, Cuffed, Hemodialysis Catheters Eliminates Paraspinal/Vertebral Infections in Patients with Catheter-Associated Bacteremia | Zendy

Marie Philipneri | Zendy; Ziyad AlAly | Zendy; Kamal Adel Amin | Zendy; Mary Gellens | Zendy; Bahar Bastani | Zendy

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Routine Replacement of Tunneled, Cuffed, Hemodialysis Catheters Eliminates Paraspinal/Vertebral Infections in Patients with Catheter-Associated Bacteremia

Author(s) -

Marie Philipneri,

Ziyad AlAly,

Kamal Adel Amin,

Mary Gellens,

Bahar Bastani

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

american journal of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 85

eISSN - 1421-9670

pISSN - 0250-8095

DOI - 10.1159/000071479

Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , vertebral osteomyelitis , catheter , surgery , hemodialysis , dialysis catheter , osteomyelitis , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Management of tunneled, cuffed, central venous catheters in hemodialysis (HD) patients with bacteremia remains a challenge. Attempts to salvage the catheter with systemic antibiotics alone have been associated with increased risk of metastatic infectious complications.

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