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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 69 No. 3, 2015.

Review article

INFECTION IN DIALYSIS AND AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

MIRJANA STANIĆ ; Merkur University Hospital, Clinical Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Zagreb, Croatia
KARLO MIHOVILOVIĆ ; Merkur University Hospital, Clinical Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Zagreb, Croatia
MLADEN KNOTEK ; Merkur University Hospital, Clinical Department of Medicine, Renal Division and University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Almost 4500 patients are being treated with renal replacement therapies in Croatia. Infections are frequent in the population treated with dialysis and kidney transplantation, being one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in these patients. In dialysis patients, infections are usually related to dialysis access (usually central venous dialysis catheter or peritoneal catheter). In kidney transplant recipients, infections are most common in the early postoperative period. Prevention, early recognition, as well as appropriate treatment of infection are all crucial for better survival of these patients, with ever more other medical specialties being involved in their management.

Keywords

infection; dialysis; kidney transplantation

Hrčak ID:

151873

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/151873

Publication date:

27.1.2016.

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