title: Excellent prognosis of culture negative endocarditis in hemodialysis patients: a case series.
abstract: Despite improved diagnostic methods, antimicrobial agents and more sophisticated echocardiographic studies, the incidence of infective endocarditis remains high, especially in a uremic and end stage renal disease (ESRD) population. Culture negative endocarditis (CNE) patients with normal renal function have increased morbidity and mortality, but clinical features and outcome in hemodialysis patients remains unclear. This study reported five survival cases of CNE in hemodialysis patients. The prognosis of all dialysis-related CNE patients enrolled in this study was excellent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: I-Wen
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yung-Chang
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ming-Yang
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ya-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Ji-Tseng
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Mai-Szu
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chih-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis