Dobbelstein H
Nephron. 1976;17(6):409-14. doi: 10.1159/000180749.
Pneumonia [4,9] and septicemia are still the principle causes of the high mortality in acute renal failure. Moreover, according to the EDTA report, 19% of chronic intermittent dialysis patients die from infection [17]. The resulting conclusion, that cellular and humoral immune responses are suppressed in renal insufficiency, is further supported by experimental evidence.
