Staphylococcus aureus infections in hemodialysis: what a nephrologist should know.

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a formidable pathogen that has the ability to colonize approximately half the dialysis population without any sign of disease but is also capable of causing wound and tissue infections; fulminant septicemia; and chronic, difficult-to-eradicate and often foreign body-related infections. S. aureus is the main cause of infectious morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients. This review highlights the importance of S. aureus infections in daily hemodialysis practice from a clinical viewpoint, starting from some key issues in the pathogenesis of staphylococcal infections.

• Authors: Stefaan J Vandecasteele, Johan R Boelaert, An S De Vriese
• Journal: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (Clin J Am Soc Nephrol) Vol. 4 Issue 8 Pg. 1388-400 (Aug 2009) ISSN: 1555-905X [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19590063 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Blood Vessel Prosthesis (adverse effects)
• Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation (adverse effects, instrumentation)
• Carrier State
• Catheter-Related Infections (drug therapy, microbiology, mortality, prevention & control)
• Catheterization, Central Venous (adverse effects, instrumentation)
• Catheters, Indwelling (adverse effects)
• Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
• Humans
• Nephrology
• Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Prosthesis-Related Infections (drug therapy, microbiology, mortality, prevention & control)
• Recurrence
• Renal Dialysis (adverse effects, instrumentation, mortality)
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Factors
• Staphylococcal Infections (drug therapy, microbiology, mortality, prevention & control)
• Staphylococcus aureus (pathogenicity)
• Treatment Outcome