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Radiological Case of the Month
Timothy J. Porea, MD, MPH;
Judith F. Margolin, MD;
Murali M. Chintagumpala, MD
From the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Texas Children's
Hospital, Houston. Dr Porea is now with the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth,
Va.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:963-964.
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A 2-YEAR-OLD girl undergoing therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
was also receiving home treatment with intravenous (IV) antibiotics for a
central line infection. A subcutaneous device (Port-A-Cath; Horizon Medical
Products Inc, Manchester, Ga) was in place to facilitate chemotherapy. The
acute lymphoblastic leukemia was in remission 6 months after the initial diagnosis.
One week prior to this illness, the patient was hospitalized for Escherichia coli bacteremia and, once blood cultures were sterile,
was discharged to complete a course of IV antibiotics at home. The patient's
mother had received instructions on how to administer the medications through
the central venous catheter (CVC) previously and again during the recent hospitalization.
She had received IV treatment at home for 5 days, when, during one treatment,
her mother rapidly pushed the last few milliliters of the antibiotic dose
through the CVC, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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