Photo Quiz: Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection in an 87-Year-Old Patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Mar 23;61(3):e0148222. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01482-22. Epub 2023 Mar 23.

Authors

Filipe M Cerqueira¹, Baraa Saad², Lalita E Varghese¹, Katie J Holekamp¹, Ping Ren¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: PICC-associated bloodstream infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Catheter-Related Infections* / diagnosis
Catheterization, Central Venous* / adverse effects
Catheterization, Peripheral* / adverse effects
Catheters
Central Venous Catheters* / adverse effects
Communicable Diseases*
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sepsis*