CANDIDA-ALBICANS SEPTIC THROMBOSIS OF THE RIGHT ATRIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER

Authors
KENTOS A DUFAYE P JACOBS F DESMET JM SERRUYS E THYS JP
Citation
A. Kentos et al., CANDIDA-ALBICANS SEPTIC THROMBOSIS OF THE RIGHT ATRIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER, Clinical infectious diseases, 21(2), 1995, pp. 440-442
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
21
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
440 - 442
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1995)21:2<440:CSTOTR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Right atrial thrombus formation is a rare complication of central veno us catheterization in adults, Infection of this thrombus is exceptiona l. A case of a right atrial thrombus associated with Candida albicans infection is described. Surgical thrombectomy, withdrawal of the cathe ter, and long-term antiinfectious therapy seem the only appropriate tr eatment. The literature on this unusual condition is reviewed.