Infectious Disease

End stage kidney disease

Questions discussed in this category

Are there instances when you do not recommend tunneled dialysis catheter exchange in patients on hemodialysis who are found to have bacteremia?

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Do you recommend starting anti-fungal prophylaxis for patients on systemic antibiotics who have a peritoneal dialysis catheter that is only currently being accessed for once weekly flushes?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend antibiotic prophylaxis for an ESKD patient with a tunneled dialysis catheter who is planned for a dental procedure?

2 Answers available

What is your approach to determining the need for continued isolation in the dialysis unit for an ESKD patient who had a positive hepatitis B surface antigen one year ago but who now has a negative HbsAg in the absence of treatment?

1 Answer available

What is the antifungal prophylaxis regimen that you use in patients on peritoneal dialysis who are receiving antibiotics?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Perit Dial Int, 2022 Mar

ISPD peritonitis guideline recommendations: 2022 update on prevention and treatment.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2009-07-01

Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Circulation, 2008 Jun 09

Bacteremia associated with toothbrushing and dental extraction.

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 1999 May-Jun

Prophylactic antibiotic therapy prior to dental treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease.

Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.), 2004 Jun

Antibiotic prophylaxis in dialysis patients undergoing invasive dental treatment.

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