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Infection is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. It is the second leading cause for access loss following graft thrombosis. Likewise, infections are the second leading cause of mortality in the dialysis patients, second only to the cardiovascular mortality. The incidence of the infection is higher with the prosthetic arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) compared to autologous arteriovenous fistulae (AVF). Because of this reason, the Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines and the KDOQI fistula first initiatives recommend the preferential use of autologous AVFs in most cases before resorting to the use of prosthetic material. This chapter discusses infection in hemodialysis access.

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  1. Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Animesh Rathore MBBS

  2. Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    Audra A. Duncan MD, FACS

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  1. Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Sherene Shalhub

  2. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Brookfield, Wisconsin, USA

    Anahita Dua

  3. Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Susanna Shin

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Rathore, A., Duncan, A.A. (2017). The Infected Hemodialysis Access. In: Shalhub, S., Dua, A., Shin, S. (eds) Hemodialysis Access. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40061-7_34

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