ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

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Shaima M.Alhazmi and Samah O. Noor
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2017;11(4):1851-1854
https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.11.4.25 | © The Author(s). 2017
Received: 10/11/2017 | Accepted: 09/12/2017 | Published: 31/12/2017
Abstract

The susceptibility to infection among dialysis patients usually associated with the dialysis procedure itself. Hemodialysis patients require a vascular access that can be punctured to remove and replace blood, these vascular accesses listed in order as a major cause of infections.

Keywords

Dialysis; hemodialysis; Bloodstream infection; End-stage renal disease; risk factor.

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