Iatrogenic Infective Endocarditis in Hemodialysis Patients: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Foreign bodies such as implanted cardiac devices are susceptible to infections and may be involved in infective endocarditis. Exposure to pathogens, by frequent use of intravascular accesses for hemodialysis (i.e., catheters or fistulas), combined with high rates of degenerative heart valve diseases...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Nephrology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8500299 |
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