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Clinical Significance of Urine Culture in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis: Asymptomatic Presentation of Urinary Tract Infection and Chronic Cystitis in Routine Practice.

Key takeaways

This study checked urine samples from 95 people on dialysis. It found that many had bladder infections without clear symptoms. This shows a link between silent infections and dialysis. It is not proof that the infection causes the dialysis.

Who did this work

Sakai S (Nagasaki Kidney Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.) · Ohno S (Nagasaki Kidney Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.) · Morita T (Nagasaki Kidney Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.) · Sawase K (Nagasaki Kidney Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.) · Maekawa A (Nagasaki Kidney Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.) · Hashiguchi J (Nagasaki Kidney Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.) · Takazono T (Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.) · Imamura R (Department of Urology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.) · Funakoshi S (Nagasaki Kidney Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.)

Source

Article · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-10-30
https://doi.org/10.2147/rru.s650380