RT  - Signa Vitae
ID  - 10.22514/SV102.122015.17
T1  - An unusual infection in a patient with peripherally inserted central catheter
A1  - YANYAN ZHOU
A1  - GUYI WANG
A1  - YOUDI LV
A1  - HAIYUN DONG
A1  - JINXIU LI
A1  - JIANJUN TANG
K1  - Aeromonas Hydrophila
K1  - peripherally inserted central catheter
K1  - sepsis
K1  - multiple organ failure
YR  - 2015
SP  - 224
AB  - <p>A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is widely used in transfusion therapy and for monitoring many kinds of diseases, especially in critically ill patients. Compared with other catheters, it has a lower risk of catheter-related bloodstream infections. Aeromonas Hydrophila (AH) is a kind of opportunistic pathogen, vibrionaceae aeromonas, and gram-negative brevibacterium, widely distributed in nature, in all kinds of body fluid. It usually causes gastrointestinal infections, and rarely causes Aeromonas septicemia. To date, there has been no report of a PICC-related AH infection. We report the case of a 40-year-old female with breast cancer, who suffered post-op. severe sepsis and double lower limb cellulitis with multiple organ failure. All of this was due to AH invading the blood through the PICC.</p>