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- Title
An unusual infection in a patient with peripherally inserted central catheter.
- Authors
YANYAN ZHOU; GUYI WANG; YOUDI LV; HAIYUN DONG; JINXIU LI; JIANJUN TANG
- Abstract
A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is widely used in transfusion therapy and for monitoring many kinds of diseases, especially in critically ill patients. Compared with other catheters, it has a lower risk of catheter-related bloodstream infections. Aeromonas Hydrophila (AH) is a kind of opportunistic pathogen, vibrionaceae aeromonas, and gramnegative brevibacterium, widely distributed in nature, in all kinds of body fluid. It usually causes gastrointestinal infections, and rarely causes Aeromonas septicemia. To date, there has been no report of a PICCrelated AH infection. We report the case of a 40-year-old female with breast cancer, who suffered post-op. severe sepsis and double lower limb cellulitis with multiple organ failure. All of this was due to AH invading the blood through the PICC.
- Subjects
INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD transfusion; INFECTION treatment; CRITICALLY ill; AEROMONAS hydrophila; PATIENTS
- Publication
Signa Vitae, 2015, Vol 10, Issue 2, p33
- ISSN
1334-5605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22514/SV102.122015.17