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Catheter-related septic thrombophlebitis of the superior vena cava involving the atrial septum: a case report

BACKGROUND: Intravascular catheters provide necessary vascular access, for intravenous therapy, blood sampling and pressure monitoring. However, their use is often associated with serious local and systemic complications including local site infection, intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infe...

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Autores principales: Tzortzis, Stavros, Apostolakis, Stavros, Xenakis, Konstantinos, Spiropoulos, Georgios, Lazaridis, Kyriakos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2584086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18950511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-272