title: [Septicemia in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis].
abstract: Between March 1982 and March 1986, 11 out of 72 patients (15%) undergoing chronic hemodialysis in a Tunisian hemodialysis unit developed septicaemia. The causative organism was a staphylococcus aureus in 8 patients, and the main portal of entry was the dialysis catheter (6/8). Septic pulmonary metastasis were observed in 3 cases. REmoval of the dialysis catheter and antibiotic therapy led to recovery in 7 cases. The 4 fatalities were attributed to respiratory failure in 3 cases and septic shock in one case. These results indicate that the prognosis of septicaemia in hemodialysis patients is poor.
authors.affiliation: Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Hamida
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hachicha
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Chaabouni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jarraya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014416:Tunisia
vernacular_title: Les septicémies chez les hémodialysés chroniques.