Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Recurrent Rhodococcus corynebacterioides Peritonitis: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

is a Gram-positive bacterium known to cause bacteremia and oligoarthritis. There have been only a few case reports in the literature that describe its association with peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis. We report a case of recurrent peritonitis caused by .

New-onset diabetes after hemodialysis initiation: impact on survival.

Background: The incidence of new-onset diabetes after initiation of hemodialysis (NODAD) and its impact on survival is not known.

Methods: We used data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) from January 2000 to December 2001, with at least 3 years of follow-up for this study. Patients aged 18-80 years were included.

Erythropoietin stimulating agents in the management of anemia of chronic kidney disease.

Anemia is a very common clinical problem in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in these patients. Erythropoietin is a hormone synthesized in the kidney responsible for red blood cell maturation in the bone marrow. It is deficient in the majority of patients with advanced kidney disease thereby predisposing to anemia.

Relationship between the soluble F11 receptor and markers of inflammation in hemodialysis patients.

Background: The human F11 receptor (F11R) is an important cell adhesion molecule implicated in inflammatory thrombosis. We hypothesize that serum levels of the soluble released form of F11R (sF11R) are elevated in dialysis patients since these patients have higher cardiovascular disease burdens than the general population. In this study, we examined whether sF11R levels were elevated in hemodialysis (HD) patients and correlated with known inflammatory cytokines.

Hypocalcemia, hypovitaminosis d osteopathy, osteopenia, and secondary hyperparathyroidism 32 years after jejunoileal bypass.

Objective: To detail, for the first time, the results of bone histomorphometry, micro-computed tomography, and the calcium-vitamin D-parathyroid hormone (PTH) axis in a unique patient 32 years after undergoing a jejunoileal bypass (JIB) procedure for obesity.

Methods: A case report is presented, serial results of serum chemistry studies before and after treatment are outlined, and histomorphometric data on a bone biopsy specimen are summarized.

Results: In a 65-year-old woman with chronic lymphedema who had undergone JIB >3 decades earlier, baseline serum studies showed the following: total calcium, 6.

Challenges in the diagnosis and management of renal artery stenosis.

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a common cause of secondary hypertension, with the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system being the pathophysiologic hallmark of the disease. Renovascular hypertension, ischemic nephropathy, proteinuria, and flash pulmonary edema are the main clinical syndromes associated with RAS. The prevalence of RAS is on the rise, owing to an increasing prevalence of diabetes and atherosclerotic disease among our aging population.