- Preventable bloodstream infections related to kidney failure treatment are more common in U.S. Blacks and Hispanics than in whites, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Monday.
Roughly 40% of the infections were resistant to treatment with the antibiotic methicillin, the report found. Use of a central venous catheter for hemodialysis conferred a six-times-higher risk for S. aureus bloodstream infection compared to use of a port in the arm known as a fistula, the researchers found.Ideally, as kidney function deteriorates and patients get closer to needing dialysis, doctors recommend a surgical procedure to create the fistula, with an artery connected to a vein.
So, what it amounts to is white people took care of the hygiene needed to prevent infection better than Hispanics and blacks. Hispanics did a better job than blacks in caring for the catheter. Looks like it's a personal responsibility issue to me.