Splenic abscess in patients on hemodialysis |
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| Authors: | V Fonseca R Baillod L Berger O Fernando J Moorhead |
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| Affiliation: | Royal Free Hospital, London, England. |
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| Abstract: | We describe two patients on hemodialysis who developed staphylococcal splenic abscesses. Both patients previously had staphylococcal septicemia secondary to infection at the dialysis access site. We postulate that access-site infections may predispose hemodialysis patients to splenic abscess, and that these patients should be investigated for a splenic abscess if they should develop unexplained fever. |
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