Staphylococcal sepsis presenting as pulmonary embolism.
Deep vein thrombosis in children is rare and is often secondary to a predisposing condition. Staphylococcal sepsis following furunculosis and complicated by deep vein thrombosis and septic pulmonary emboli in a fourteen-yr-old boy is presented. He was managed successfully with antibiotics and anticoagulation.
Joshi
Mukund C
MC
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Baronia
Arvind K
AK
Singh
Ratender K
RK
Poddar
Banani
B
D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology