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/library/oar/handle/123456789/141456| Title: | The prevalence of tunnelled line-associated MRSA and MSSA bacteraemias in a Maltese haemodialysis patient cohort between 2017 and 2024 |
| Authors: | Farrugia, Elena Sultana, George De Silva, Peththawadu Thihan Daksitha Azzopardi, Abigail Lal, Athira Farrugia, Emanuel Borg, Michael Angelo Scicluna, Elizabeth Farrugia, Claire Vassallo, Diana |
| Keywords: | Bacteremia -- Malta Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- Malta Staphylococcus aureus infections -- Malta Hemodialysis -- Complications Catheters, indwelling -- adverse effects Nosocomial infections -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2025 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Citation: | Farrugia, E., Sultana, G., De Silva, P. T. D., Azzopardi, A., Lal, A., Farrugia, E.,...Vassallo, D. (2025). The prevalence of tunnelled line-associated MRSA and MSSA bacteraemias in a Maltese haemodialysis patient cohort between 2017 and 2024. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 40(Suppl. 3), gfaf116-1690. |
| Abstract: | Background and Aims: Sepsis is the second most common cause of death in haemodialysis patients and patients dialysing through tunnelled dialysis lines have a 2 to 3-fold increased risk of hospitalization for infection and death compared to patients dialysing through an arteriovenous fistula or graft. This is the first audit looking at the prevalence of catheter-related blood stream infections (CRBSI) in patients receiving haemodialysis via a tunnelled line in Malta. Our aims are to benchmark local data to UK renal registry data and to assess clinical outcomes. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/141456 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPat |
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