THE PATIENT WITH A CLOTTED PTFE GRAFT DEVELOPING FEVER

Haemodialysis access graft infection is easily recognizable when local symptoms (warmth, swelling, pain, or drainage) predominate, and endoc arditis is a well established complication of infected grafts. We repo rt a case of bacterial endocarditis complicating silent infection in c lotted haemodialysis access graft. It Is suggested that? clotted non-f unctioning grafts may be the harbingers of silent infection, and shoul d be suspected as the source of infection in every haemodialysis patie nt that presents with fever, even in the absence of clinical signs of graft site infection.