Painful haematuria following central venous catheter infection. |
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Authors: | Cheng-Hung Huang Szu-Chun Hung Sze-Hung Hung |
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Affiliation: | Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan. |
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Abstract: | Case A 55-year-old female presented with gross haematuria and lowback pain. Her previous medical history included type 2 diabetesmellitus and hypertension for more than 10 years. Two monthsearlier, she had undergone left lobectomy of the liver for intrahepaticduct stones. The post-operative course was complicated by methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia associated with centralvenous catheter infection. The catheter was removed, and treatmentwith intravenous vancomycin was begun. Her fever gradually subsidedafter a 2-week course of antibiotic therapy. Cardiac auscultation |
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