| Title | Biofilms and infection in dialysis patients. | | Author(s) | Dasgupta MK | | Institution | Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. mkdg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca | | Source | Semin Dial 2002 Sep-Oct; 15(5):338-46. | | MeSH | Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Infections
Biofilms
Catheters, Indwelling
Equipment Contamination
Female
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Peritoneal Dialysis
Primary Prevention
Prognosis
Renal Dialysis
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
| | Abstract | Biofilm bacterial infections are implicated in most human bacterial infections and are also common in patients undergoing treatment with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Skin bacteria, which grow into microcolonies with biofilm formation in dialysis environments, are implicated in most of these infections. Dissemination of bacterial biofilms in hemodialysis patients induces bacteremia and endotoxemia. In peritoneal dialysis patients, biofilm causes peritonitis and catheter-related infections with consequent loss of catheters and technique failure. Effective strategies for the diagnosis, intervention, and prevention of biofilm-related infections in dialysis patients are described in this review. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 12358638 |
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