Fulminating Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia. South Med J 1990 Feb;83(2):231-4
Date
02/01/1990Pubmed ID
2406938DOI
10.1097/00007611-199002000-00025Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0025101052 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 2 CitationsAbstract
We have reported a case of disseminated Staphylococcus epidermidis infection in a patient with leukemia and examined the relation between an acute respiratory arrest and the infection. Plasmid profiles of five isolates of S epidermidis cultured from this patient's blood, bone marrow, and lung before and after the arrest indicate that all isolates were derived from a single strain. This strain was also isolated by culture of the tip of the central venous catheter that was removed from the patient suggesting that the indwelling catheter was the source of infection. Because this patient had rigors during an infusion through the catheter just before the acute respiratory arrest, we suspect that infusion through the colonized catheter precipitated the respiratory arrest.
Author List
Henrickson KJ, Shenep JLAuthor
Kelly J. Henrickson MD Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Acute DiseaseBacterial Typing Techniques
Catheterization, Central Venous
Catheters, Indwelling
Child, Preschool
Humans
Male
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Respiratory Insufficiency
Sepsis
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Transfusion Reaction
