Clinical characteristics, risk factors and microbiology of infections in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis

• Main Authors: Ali Rteil (Author), Jamil M. Kazma (Author), Jack El Sawda (Author), Amal Gharamti (Author), Sahar H. Koubar (Author), Zeina A. Kanafani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The infectious complications in hemodialysis patients are still among the main reasons for their increased morbidity and mortality. The possible reasons behind this might be due to impairments in the host defense mechanisms, comorbidities, invasive procedures and pathogenicity of the inf...