Dialysis-Associated Infections
Outbreaks of Dialysis-Associated Infections
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- Multistate Outbreak of Hemolysis in Hemodialysis Patients -- Nebraska and Maryland, 1998 MMWR June 19, 1998;47(23);483-484
PDF Version (240KB/20 pages) - Outbreaks of Gram-Negative Bacterial Bloodstream Infections Traced to Probable Contamination of Hemodialysis Machines -- Canada, 1995 United States, 1997; and Israel, 1997
MMWR January 30, 1998;47(03);55-58
PDF Version (272KB/20 pages) - Outbreaks of hepatitis B virus infection among hemodialysis patients-1994.
MMWR April 12, 1996;45(14);285-9
PDF Version (282 KB/20 pages) - Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Hemodialysis Patients -- Louisiana, 1982
MMWR May 13, 1983;32(18);244-6
Between April 16 and October 8, 1982, 27 cases of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection were identified among 140 patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing outpatient hemodialysis therapy in two centers of a dialysis... - McDonald LC, Hageman JC. Vancomycin intermediate and resistant Staphylococcus aureus. What the nephrologist needs to know. Nephrol News Issues. 2004 Oct;18(11):63-4, 66-7, 71-2
- Selenic D, Alvarado-Ramy F, Arduino M, Holt S, Cardinali F, Blount B, Jarrett J, Smith F, Altman N, Stahl C, Panlilio A, Pearson M, Tokars J. Epidemic parenteral exposure to volatile
sulfur-containing compounds at a hemodialysis center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004;25(3):256-61. - Grohskopf LA, Roth VR, Feikin DR, Arduino MJ, Carson LA, Tokars JI, Holt SC, Jensen BJ, Hoffman RE, Jarvis WR. Serratia liquefaciens bloodstream infections from contamination of epoetin alfa at a hemodialysis center. N Engl J Med. 2001;344(20):1491-7
- Tokars JI, Gehr T, Jarvis WR, Anderson J, Armistead N, Miller ER, Parrish J, Qaiyumi S, Arduino M, Holt SC, Tenover FC, Westbrook G, Light P. Related ArticlesVancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization in patients at seven hemodialysis centers. Kidney Int. 2001 Oct;60(4):1511-6.
- Arduino MJ. CDC investigations of noninfectious outbreaks of adverse events in hemodialysis facilities, 1979-1999. Semin Dial. 2000 Mar-Apr;13(2):86-91.
Date last modified: August 6, 2007
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