RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Successful treatment of Pseudomonas paucimobilis haemodialysis catheter-related sepsis without catheter removal.
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 47
OP 48
DO 10.1136/pgmj.70.819.47
VO 70
IS 819
A1 Saltissi, D.
A1 Macfarlane, D. J.
YR 1994
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/70/819/47.abstract
AB Infection is the most common complication of long-term central venous access lines. We report a case of central venous haemodialysis catheter infection with Pseudomonas paucimobilis, successfully treated by prolonged antibiotic administration without catheter removal. The implications are discussed.