Endocarditis and spondylodiscitis associated with tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters: hospitalizations with poor outcomes

摘要

Introduction: Patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis using tunneled cuffed catheters (TCCs) are at increased risk of metastatic infections, namely endocarditis and spondydodiscitis, and mortality is high in this group. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical features, causative organisms, its susceptibility and outcomes in patients hospitalized with these infections from a single center.