SEPTICEMIC SHOCK FROM URINARY-TRACT INFECTION CAUSED BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS
Title
SEPTICEMIC SHOCK FROM URINARY-TRACT INFECTION CAUSED BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS
Creator
Cadorna E A; Watanakunakorn C
Publisher
Southern Medical Journal
Date
1995
1995-08
Description
Staphylococcus epidermidis septicemia from a urinary source is rare. Two male patients had septicemic shock caused by S epidermidis urinary tract infection. Both patients had recently had indwelling urethral catheterization during severe illness. Bacteremia due to S epidermidis may be life-threatening. Although most cases of S epidermidis bacteremia are associated with infected intravascular devices, other portals of entry should be considered in a debilitated patient.
Subject
General & Internal Medicine; bacteremia; identification; coagulase-negative staphylococcus; saprophyticus
Identifier
Format
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
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Pages
879-880
Issue
8
Volume
88
Citation
Cadorna E A; Watanakunakorn C, “SEPTICEMIC SHOCK FROM URINARY-TRACT INFECTION CAUSED BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed June 6, 2023, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/8781.