Fatal fungemia resulting from an infected transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent

T D Schiano; E Atillasoy; M I Fiel; D C Wolf; D Jaffe; J M Cooper; M E Jonas; H C Bodenheimer Jr; A D Min

Fatal fungemia resulting from an infected transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent

Am J Gastroenterol. 1997 Apr;92(4):709-10.

Authors

T D Schiano¹, E Atillasoy, M I Fiel, D C Wolf, D Jaffe, J M Cooper, M E Jonas, H C Bodenheimer Jr, A D Min

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA.

PMID: 9128335

Abstract

Placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is a well accepted treatment in the management of gastroesophageal variceal bleeding. Although morbidity and mortality associated with the use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts have dramatically decreased, complications still occur. We report a case of fatal fungemia resulting from an infected transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / etiology
Bacteremia / microbiology
Candida / isolation & purification
Candidiasis / diagnosis
Candidiasis / etiology*
Candidiasis / microbiology
Citrobacter freundii / isolation & purification
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / etiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
Fatal Outcome
Fungemia / diagnosis
Fungemia / etiology*
Fungemia / microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Male
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / adverse effects*
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis
Surgical Wound Infection / etiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology