title: Infections of Scribner and Brescia arteriovenous shunts.
abstract: The incidence of infections of Scribner shunts and Brescia fistulae in patients receiving intermittent haemodialysis was compared. In both groups infection was most commonly due to Staphylococcus aureus and was associated especially with carriage of this organism on the skin of the limb where the shunt or fistula was sited. The incidence of local infection was much less with the Brescia fistula but this was accompanied by a relatively higher incidence of septicaemia.
mesh_terms: D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications