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- Title
Beaded Necklace-Like Image Observed by Real Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiograhy as Evidence of Bacterial Vegetations in a Dialysis Catheter.
- Authors
Ponce, Sonia G.; Roldan, Carlos A.
- Abstract
We present images observed in a patient with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia from a hemodyalisis catheter and demonstrate the superiority of real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT3D-TEE) over 2D-TEE at identifying catheter-associated infected vegetations. Other studies have reported RT3D-TEE as an improved modality to identify and characterize intracardiac structures. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports describing the specific characteristics of bacterial vegetations in a dialysis catheter. RT3D-TEE could have a central role in the diagnosis of catheter-related blood stream infections, especially given the increased number of hemodyalisis-dependent patients and increased incidence of infections. (Echocardiography 2012;29:E97-E99)
- Subjects
BACTEREMIA diagnosis; BACTERIA; CATHETERS; FEVER; MICROBIAL contamination; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 4, pE97
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01619.x