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- Title
Staphylococcus epidermidis catheter-related bloodstream infection leading to acute acalculous cholecystitis and septic shock.
- Authors
Ropero-Luis, Guillermo
- Abstract
The article describes a case of Staphylococcus epidermidis catheter-related bloodstream infection leading to acute acalculous cholecystitis and septic shock in a 65-year-old man who complained of intermittent claudication and abdominal pain upon admission to a hospital emergency ward.
- Subjects
ACALCULOUS cholecystitis; CATHETER-related infections; ABDOMINAL aortic aneurysms; STAPHYLOCOCCAL diseases; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CEFAZOLIN; ABDOMINAL pain; COMPUTED tomography; BLOODBORNE infections; SEPTIC shock; ABDOMINAL radiography; DISEASE complications
- Publication
British Journal of Hospital Medicine (17508460), 2022, Vol 83, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1750-8460
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.12968/hmed.2022.0170