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

Format

Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication

URL Address

http://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199508000-00022

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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 May 17, 2025, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/8781.