Antibiotic therapy reduces mortality by 68 percent in hemodialysis patients

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 20:01 in Health & Medicine

An antibiotic therapy known to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients has been shown for the first time to reduce mortality, according to a study. Bloodstream infections are a leading cause of hospitalization and death in hemodialysis patients.

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