The Prevalence of Resistant Bacterial Colonization in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Hospitalized dialysis patients are at increased risk for colonization and infection with resistant bacterial strains.We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization in 198 hemodialysis outpatients, 75 of whom had longitudinal screening data from prior hospitalization. Nasal specimens for MRSA, perirectal specimens for VRE, and...