A Curious Case of MRSA Bacteremia and Septic Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Peripheral Venous Catheter.

Joshua Twito Syeda Sahra Abdullah Jahangir Neville Mobarakai

Published in: Case reports in critical care (2021)

Peripherally inserted catheters are an important portal for pathogen entry and need periodic site assessment and frequent evaluation of their need for insertion. Septic pulmonary emboli can also be seen without any evidence of right-sided infective endocarditis.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
acute kidney injury
inferior vena cava
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
staphylococcus aureus
pulmonary hypertension
candida albicans
gram negative
chemotherapy induced
ultrasound guided
multidrug resistant