Prolonged fever in a case of end stage renal disease with remained guidewire

mehrdad Jafari fesharaki (School of medicine,shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
Mohammad Parsa Mahjoob (Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center,School of medicine,Shahid Beheshti University of medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran)
Naser Kachoueian
Vahid Eslami

International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice
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Central venous catheters,introduced for short-term dialysis,but occationally used as permanent vascular access in patient without alternative option. Hemodialysis(HD) patients presenting with fever have high rates of bacteremia,specially in patients with dialysis catheters and those with a history of bacteremia. [1]Herein,we report a case of end stage renal disease with catheter infection complicated with endocarditis