Novel Approach for Bacteremia Detection in Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure Undergoing Hemodialysis. Issue 10 (October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Otto, Gordon P.; Kropf, Madien; Rödel, Jürgen; Lösche, Wolfgang; Rüster, Christiane; Claus, Ralf A.; Sossdorf, Maik; Busch, Martin
• Is Part Of: International journal of artificial organs. Volume 36:Issue 10(2013)
• Page Start: 742
• Page End: 743
• Publication Date: 2013-10
• Subjects: Pathogen detection -- Hemodialyzers -- Hemodialysis -- Bacteremia; Artificial organs -- Periodicals; 617.956
• DOI: 10.5301/ijao.5000243
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0391-3988

Abstract

Severe systemic infections are one of the leading causes of death in patients with end-stage renal disease and are often associated with hospitalization. Since bacteria can be identified in used hemo-filters in an ICU setting, it was investigated whether this method might be useful in patients undergoing regular intermittent hemodialysis. By analyzing used hemodialyzers in (n = 13) patients, we identified systemic bacteremia in two patients (15.4%) while corresponding blood cultures were negative. In two further patients, positive microbiological findings from hemodialyzers appeared to be of unclear clinical relevance. Cultures from hemodialyzers might be an add-on approach for the identification of bacteria in the blood stream of patients undergoing regular intermittent hemodialysis.