A desperate case of failing vascular access--management of superior vena cava thrombosis, recurrent bacteraemia, and acute clavicular osteomyelitis

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1999 Feb;14(2):487-9. doi: 10.1093/ndt/14.2.487.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / etiology*
  • Bacteremia / therapy
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects*
  • Clavicle
  • Equipment Failure
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Osteomyelitis / etiology*
  • Phlebography
  • Recurrence
  • Renal Dialysis / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use
  • Venae Cavae*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Venous Thrombosis / therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin