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- Title
Catheter-related gas-forming suppurative thrombophlebitis.
- Authors
Miyamura, Yasuyoshi; Shimazaki, Takeshi; Okada, Kunihiko
- Abstract
Catheter-related suppurative thrombophlebitis (CRST) is a complication of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI). The microbiology of CRST is similar with the microbiology of CRBSI, but Clostridium perfringens that causes gas gangrene is a rare pathogen of CRBSI and CRST. We present a case of catheter-related gas-forming suppurative thrombophlebitis due to Clostridium perfringens infection. Gas-forming thrombus around the catheter can be useful findings for the early diagnosis of catheter-related clostridial thrombophlebitis.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTICS; ANTICOAGULANTS; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; BLOODBORNE infections; CATHETER-related infections; COMPUTED tomography; BACTERIAL physiology; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; GAS gangrene; TREATMENT effectiveness; CLOSTRIDIUM; FEVER; AMPICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; INTRAVENOUS therapy; CENTRAL venous catheters; ANOREXIA nervosa; DIABETES; CONTRAST media
- Publication
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2024, Vol 17, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1865-1372
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12245-024-00602-8