Bryce, Aliya

Davison, Sara

Currie, Bart

Birrell, Johanna

Baird, Robert

Abeyaratne, Asanga

Majoni, Sandawana William

Brewster-O'Brien, Teana

Tong, Steven Y C

2024-07-31

Hemodialysis is a risk factor for bloodstream infection (SAB). In this single-center study, SAB rates were 56% lower during the monsoonal wet season when patients on hemodialysis receive supervised melioidosis prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. This intervention may reduce SAB rates in high-risk patients; however, further targeted studies are required.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of General Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control, NT Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Nephrology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Flinders University and Northern Territory Medical Program, Royal Darwin Hospital Campus, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Nephrology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Flinders University and Northern Territory Medical Program, Royal Darwin Hospital Campus, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Department of Nephrology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Open Forum Infect Dis . 2024 Jul 31;11(8):ofae431. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae431. eCollection 2024 Aug.

2328-8957

0000-0002-2006-5122

0000-0002-8878-8837

0000-0001-9593-1868

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39130084/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/13509

Staphylococcus aureus

antibiotic prophylaxis

bloodstream infection

hemodialysis

trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

Lower Rates of Bloodstream Infection in Patients on Hemodialysis Receiving Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Melioidosis Prophylaxis.

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