WCN23-0815 A CASE SERIES OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN RENAL PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF BANGLADESH

Infection is quite common in patients with CKD. Hemodialysis necessitates repeated access to the vascular system via an intravenous catheter or a permanent arterio-venous (AV) fistula, resulting frequent episodes of bacteremia (1). Peritoneal dialysis requires placement into peritoneal cavity, and kidney transplantation involves lifelong immunosuppressive therapy; thus, all renal replacement are empirically more prone various infections. Infective endocarditis (IE) second only cardiovascular disease as leading cause death this group (2).