scholarly journals Catheter-RelatedAcremonium kilienseFungemia in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis under Treatment with Infliximab

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando A. Díaz-Couselo ◽  
Marcelo Zylberman
Keyword(s):  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Fungal Infection ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Fungal Infections ◽  
Central Venous Catheters ◽  
Plant Debris ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Neutropenic Patients

Acremoniumspp. are filamentous, cosmopolitan fungi commonly isolated from plant debris and soil. They are infrequent pathogens in humans.Acremoniumfungemia has been reported in neutropenic patients associated with central venous catheters and in nonneutropenic patients receiving long-term total parenteral nutrition. TNF-αblockade is associated with fungal infections, but noAcremoniumspp. infection had been reported up to the present. In this paper, we present a patient with ulcerative colitis who developedAcremonium kiliensefungemia associated with infliximab therapy while receiving total parenteral nutrition. The patient was successfully treated with voriconazole.Acremoniumsp. infection must be suspected as another cause of fungal infection in patients under treatment with infliximab.

Prospective Evaluation of Percutaneous Central Venous Silastic Catheters in Newborn Infants With Birth Weights of 510 o 3,920 Grams

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Durand ◽  
Rangasamy Ramanathan ◽  
Bruce Martinelli ◽  
Milagros Tolentino
Keyword(s):  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Central Venous Catheters ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
First Time ◽  
Percutaneous Central Venous Catheters

With improved neonatal survival, especially of very low birth weight infants, our efforts should be directed toward reduction of morbidity. Sick preterm infants require total parenteral nutrition for prolonged periods of time due to extreme prematurity and feeding intolerance. However, the use of surgically placed Broviac catheters has been associated with a high complication rate. A prospective study of 53 percutaneous central venous Silastic catheterizations for administration of total parenteral nutrition was performed in 45 newborn infants. At the time of catheter insertion, 37 babies weighed less than 1,500 g and 19 weighed less than 1,000 g. Percutaneous central venous catheters were placed successfully the first time in 50 of 55 attempts. In three babies, insertion was successful on second attempt. The catheters remained in place for 25.4 ± 16.7 days ([mean ± SD] range two to 80 days). In babies weighing less than 1,000 g, the catheters remained in place for a longer period of time (34.0 ± 18.0; range 12 to 80 days). Sixty-six percent of the catheters were removed electively. There were four cases of bacteremia (7.5%), and the overall incidence of mechanical complications was 26.4%. We conclude that percutaneous central venous catheters can be used safely and effectively in newborn infants for prolonged administration of total parenteral nutrition, especially in neonates weighing less than 1,000 g.

Clinical Predictors of Infection of Central Venous Catheters Used for Total Parenteral Nutrition

1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 407-411
Author(s):  
Marcelo Segura ◽  
Antonio Sitges-Serra ◽  
Carl W. Armstrong ◽  
C. Glen Mayhall ◽  
Kathy B. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Central Venous Catheters ◽  
Clinical Predictors ◽  
Central Venous

PTH-217 Spinal infections among patients with long term central venous catheters for home parenteral nutrition: a descriptive case series

Gut ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A505.2-A505
Author(s):  
R Topan ◽  
E Lightman ◽  
M Small ◽  
T Ambrose ◽  
JM Nightingale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Central Venous Catheters ◽  
Home Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Spinal Infections

Clinical Predictors of Infection of Central Venous Catheters Used for Total Parenteral Nutrition

1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 407-411
Author(s):  
Marcelo Segura ◽  
Antonio Sitges-Serra ◽  
Carl W. Armstrong ◽  
C. Glen Mayhall ◽  
Kathy B. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Central Venous Catheters ◽  
Clinical Predictors ◽  
Central Venous

Clinical Predictors of Infection of Central Venous Catheters Used for Total Parenteral Nutrition

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl W. Armstrong ◽  
C. Glen Mayhall ◽  
Kathy B. Miller ◽  
Heber H. Newsome ◽  
Harvey J. Sugerman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Central Venous Catheters ◽  
Clinical Predictors ◽  
Central Venous
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