An unusual presentation of sepsis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci. |
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| Authors: | P Nieboer J A Gietema H G de Vries-Hospers W T van der Graaf |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. p.nieboer@int.azg.nl |
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| Abstract: | We describe a 25-year-old male presenting with fever during the non-neutropenic phase of chemotherapy. The presentation was that of a viral infection. The cause of the fever turned out to be a bacteremia with coagulase-negative staphylococci (CONS) originating from a totally implanted venous access port (VAP). We briefly discuss the different types of VAP-related infections and treatment modalities. |
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