Vertebral osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus warneri attributed to a Hickman catheter.
A patient with a long-term right atrial (Hickman) catheter developed vertebral osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus warneri. Documentation of this event--to our knowledge previously unreported--was made possible by use of special studies including plasmid profiles of the coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates.
Bryan
C S
CS
Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia.
Parisi
J T
JT
Strike
D G
DG
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology*