SEPTIC PULMONARY EMBOLI FOLLOWING INFECTION OF PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CANNULA
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Fatma Fidan 1 * , Murat Acar 2, Mehmet Unlu 1, Zafer Cetinkaya 3, Alpay Haktanir 2, Murat Sezer 1
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1 Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Afyon, Turkey2 Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Afyon, Turkey3 Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Afyon, Turkey* Corresponding Author

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A 54 year-old male admitted to our hospital with sudden onset shortness of breath, chest and back pain, weakness, and fever. Chest radiography and CT examination revealed consolidations and nodular densities 1-2 cm sized in both lungs. Swelling and redness were noticed in the dorsal aspect of patients’ right hand where intravenous route had been done. We, therefore, diagnosed septic pulmonary embolism secondary to peripheral intravenous cannula. The patient’s status was significantly improved after the antibiotic treatment

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2006, 132-135

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82393

Publication date: 15 Jul 2006

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