Septic pulmonary emboli detected by

Autor: A, Méndez-Echevarria, M, Coronado-Poggio, F, Baquero-Artigao, T, Del Rosal, S, Rodado-Marina, C, Calvo, L, Domínguez-Gadea
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Infection. 45(5)
ISSN: 1439-0973
Popis: The role ofWe report 3 children with S. aureus catheter-related bacteremia and normal chest X-ray at admission, in whomAll patients had hemophilia and implantable venous access ports and presented with fever and normal lung auscultation. Only 1 reported non-specific symptoms (undifferentiated left chest pain). All patients had normal chest X-ray on admission. Catheters were removed within 48 h after admission in 2 cases, and 5 days after admission in the last case, subsiding fever. In 2 children, paired blood cultures were not able to identify bacteremia. However, in all cases catheter tip and subcutaneous port cultures yielded S. aureus and PET/CT detected unsuspected pulmonary metastatic emboli.
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