An Uncommon Cause of Recurrent Dialysis Catheter-Related Bacteremia

An Uncommon Cause of Recurrent Dialysis Catheter-Related Bacteremia

A 54-year-old man on maintenance hemodialysis with recurrent catheter-related bloodstream infections due to Staphylococcus aureus was admitted. Multiple prior transthoracic echocardiograms failed to reveal any vegetation. Subsequently on transesophageal echocardiography a mass consistent with fibrin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2021-11, Vol.13 (11)
Hauptverfasser: Chee Yong, Ng, Wenxiang, Yeon, Siang Chew, Chai, Weien, Chow, Roy, Debajyoti
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Calcification
Case reports
Catheters
Emergency medical care
Endocarditis
Fistula
Hemodialysis
Hospitals
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Medical imaging
Nephrology
Nosocomial infections
Peritoneal dialysis
Sepsis
Staphylococcus infections
Tomography
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Zusammenfassung:A 54-year-old man on maintenance hemodialysis with recurrent catheter-related bloodstream infections due to Staphylococcus aureus was admitted. Multiple prior transthoracic echocardiograms failed to reveal any vegetation. Subsequently on transesophageal echocardiography a mass consistent with fibrin sheath vegetations was identified and a follow-up diagnostic computed tomography (CT) venogram confirmed the presence of a fibrin sheath with vegetations.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.19220