Circulating bacterial-derived DNA fragment level is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Circulating bacterial-derived DNA fragment level is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Circulating bacterial DNA fragment is related to systemic inflammatory state in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. We hypothesize that plasma bacterial DNA level predicts cardiovascular events in new PD patients.We measured plasma bacterial DNA level in 191 new PD patients, who were then followed fo...

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Main Authors: Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Kai-Ming Chow, Jeffrey Sung-Shing Kwok, Ka-Bik Lai, Phyllis Mei-Shan Cheng, Wing-Fai Pang, Jack Kit-Chung Ng, Michael Ho-Ming Chan, Lydia Choi-Wan Lit, Chi-Bon Leung, Philip Kam-Tao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4444338?pdf=render

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