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Infectious Spondylodiscitis in Hemodialysis
Author(s) -
GarcíaGarcía Patricia,
Rivero Antonio,
del Castillo Nieves,
Jarque Ana,
Getino María A.,
GarcíaPérez Javier,
NavarroGonzález Juan F.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2010.00791.x
Subject(s) - spondylodiscitis , medicine , bacteremia , hemodialysis , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , antibiotic therapy , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Infectious spondylodiscitis is an infection seen with increasing frequency in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis. Often accompanied by bacteremia, it is associated with the use of central venous catheters for hemodialysis access. Initial symptoms can be relatively insidious and nonspecific. Therefore, the clinician must have a low threshold for diagnostic testing that goes beyond blood cultures. This, in addition to early empiric antibiotic therapy, may improve the outcome of this potentially catastrophic infection.