[Infection in the realm of dialysis]

With the help of data from literature is reported on the importance of infections in dialysis work, in which case is above all referred to the chronic dialysis programme and according to this the chronic peritoneal dialysis is taken into consideration. Hepatitis, problems of infection in patients with transplanted kidney and technical questions are not treated in detail for the specialist, but connexions are given. The great importance of general rules of hygiene, the still existing danger of staphylococci and the appearance of facultative pathogenic, of ubiquitous or unusual germs as pathogenic agent of nosocomial infections are essential points of view.