scholarly journals Chryseobacterium indologenes Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient - A Rare Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (36) ◽  
pp. 3312-3315
Author(s):  
Shafeedha Rashbi Karakulangara ◽  
Rajan Joseph Payyappilly

A 63-year-old male patient with diabetes mellitus, hypertension and chronic kidney disease who has been undergoing haemodialysis thrice weekly developed fever and shivering during haemodialysis for one week. He was doing haemodialysis from elsewhere and presented to nephrology department of our hospital with the same complaints. The patient had an intravenous catheter over left internal jugular vein, which was placed one month back from elsewhere for doing haemodialysis. He is a known case of diabetes mellitus and hypertension for the past ten years and on regular medications. On examination, the patient was moderately built and nourished, pallor was present and icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, lymphadenopathy, oedema were absent. His respiratory, cardiovascular, central nervous and gastro intestinal system examinations were within normal limit. The patient was febrile (101̊ F). pulse rate - 98/min, blood pressure – 150/80 mmHg, respiratory rate - 20 cycles per minute, fasting blood sugar - 140 mg/dl, Hb – 9 mg%, WBC count - 5600/μL. On local examination, mild erythema was noted over his neck on intravenous catheter site of left internal jugular vein. Other investigations were within normal limit. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HBsAg and hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies were negative. The urine and sputum cultures were done to rule out any genitourinary or respiratory system involvement. Both cultures yielded no pathogens. The patient was treated with removal of internal jugular vein catheter, and a femoral vein catheter was placed. Blood and tip of intravenous catheter were sent to microbiology laboratory for culture and sensitivity testing. The patient was empirically started on intravenous antibiotic vancomycin.

Perfusion ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 613-615
Author(s):  
Jun Ba ◽  
Runsheng Peng ◽  
Hui Shi ◽  
Chunsheng Wang

The complete surgical resection of malignant thymoma is recommended. We present a rare case of tumor resection and superior vena cava (SVC) reconstruction under veno-venous bypass support from the left internal jugular vein to the left femoral vein. The full amount of systemic heparinization (3 mg/kg) was avoided. The surgical pathology revealed thymic squamous cell carcinoma. No complications such as fatal extensive bleeding, coagulopathy, thromboembolism or transfusion reaction were found postoperatively. The patient was discharged home uneventfully. The support of this veno-venous bypass allows a safe and feasible thymic tumor resection and SVC reconstruction.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriko Hattori ◽  
Hidenori Hattori ◽  
Kazushi Takahashi ◽  
Norihiro Suzuki ◽  
Kazuo Kishi

Catheter insertion for intravenous hyperalimentation is a commonly and widely used clinical technique. When compared with the incidence of complications associated with insertions into the internal jugular vein or the subclavian vein, complications associated with insertions into the femoral vein are less frequent. In this paper, we describe a very rare complication of femoral vein catheter insertion—namely, catheter displacement into the inferior epigastric vein.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Tomita ◽  
Shoko Takada ◽  
Tomoko Fujimoto ◽  
Mitsuo Iwasaki ◽  
Yukio Hayashi

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Meggiolaro Marco ◽  
Erik Roman-Pognuz ◽  
Baritussio Anna ◽  
Scatto Alessio

Central venous catheterization is of common practice in intensive care units; despite representing an essential device in various clinical circumstances, it represents a source of complications, sometimes even fatal, related to its management. We report the removal of a central venous catheter (CVC) that had been wrongly positioned through left internal jugular vein. The vein presented complete thrombosis at vascular ultrasonography. An echocardiogram performed 24 hours after CVC removal showed the presence, apparently unjustified, of microbubbles in right chambers of the heart. A neck-thorax CT scan showed the presence of air bubbles within the left internal jugular vein, left innominate vein, and left subclavian vein. A vascular ultrasonography, focused on venous catheter insertion site, disclosed the presence of a vein-to-dermis fistula, as portal of air entry. Only after air occlusive dressing, we documented echographic disappearance of air bubbles within the right cardiac cavity. This report emphasizes possible air entry even many hours after CVC removal, making it mandatory to perform 24–72-hour air occlusive dressing or, when inadequate, to perform a purse string.


2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Schummer ◽  
C. Schummer ◽  
R. Frober ◽  
J. Fuchs ◽  
M. Simon ◽  
...  

This prospective clinical investigation assessed the effect of placement of a Univent® tube on the anatomy of the internal jugular veins and the success of cannulation of the left internal jugular vein. After obtaining informed consent, 48 adult patients were enrolled. Of these, 42 patients were eligible and were divided into two groups: Univent® tube (group U, n=21) and wire enforced endotracheal tube (group C, n=21). The Univent® tube group were having a left thoracotomy. Using horizontal ultrasound scans just above the thyroid gland, the internal jugular vein was visualized and measured before and after Univent® placement. The number of needle passes necessary to cannulate the left internal jugular vein in the two groups was also compared. Univent® tubes were associated with lateral displacement of the right carotid artery and internal jugular vein on the convex side of the Univent® tube, with compression of the right internal jugular vein by the artery, resulting in a kidney-shaped cross-section of the vein. On the left (concave side of the tube), the neck was indented, the sheath of the left carotid artery was displaced medially, and the left internal jugular vein distorted to an ellipse. There was a significant increase in the lateral diameter and a decrease in the cross-sectional area of the left internal jugular vein (t-test, P<0.05). The first attempt at cannulation of the left internal jugular vein failed significantly more often in the Univent® group (13/21 vs 5/21 in group C, Chi-square 6.22, P=0.025). Cannulation of the internal jugular vein before placement of the Univent® tube, or placement with ultrasound guidance is suggested.


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