| Autor: |
Suejung Jo, Hyun Mi Kang, Seong Koo Kim, Jae Wook Lee, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho, Dae Chul Jeong, Yeon-Joon Park |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Pathogens, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 1123 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2076-0817 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/pathogens10091123 |
| Popis: |
Septicemia or bacteremia is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Long-term tunneled central venous catheters (CVCs) are usually placed in children undergoing chemotherapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for underlying hemato–oncologic malignancies. However, catheter-related complications have been reported frequently, and there is high morbidity and mortality related to catheter-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). We report a rare case of six episodes of recurrent K. pneumoniae sepsis within a 6-month period in a 12-year-old male adolescent that underwent HSCT for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, despite treatment with susceptible antibiotics. The patient received extensive diagnostic evaluations to find the hidden source; however, failure to discover the primary source led to multiple recurrences. Through enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR, we were able to identify the relationship between the six episodes and recognize the source of bacteremia. |
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