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