Open AccessIsolation rate and clinical significance of uropathogens in positive urine cultures of hemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Katerina Oikonomou,
Adib Alhaddad
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.204691
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , hemodialysis , urine , medicine , clinical significance , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Hemodialysis (HD) patients are known to be vulnerable to infections. However, there are limited data on the urine microbiology spectrum among patients with end-stage renal disease and on the development of antimicrobial resistance of uropathogens in these patients.