RISK FACTORS OF DEVELOPMENT OF FUNGAL PERITONITIS AND ITS OUTCOME IN PATIENTS ON CONTINUOS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS

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Doğukan A., Taşkapan H., Güven M., Tokgöz B., Oymak O., Utaş C.

TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL, cilt.7, ss.202-206, 1998 (ESCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 1998
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.202-206
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Hepatitis B vaccine is effective in producing protection against hepatitis B virus infection in uremic patients, but these patients respond less well than do the healthy. In this study, we vaccinated 29 hemodialysis patients, 11 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients, and 15 predialysis patients. The anti-HBs antibody-seronegative patients followed a four-dose vaccination schedule (0,1,2, and 6 months) with 40 μg DNA-recombinant hepatitis B vaccine. The rate of total seroconversion was 78%. No differences could be found between responders and nonresponders concerning dialysis type or erythropoietin therapy. In conclusion, unresponsiveness to hepatitis B vaccine in uremic patients was related to factors such as older age, male sex, the presence of HCV-infection.