title: Abdominal wall phlebitis due to Prevotella bivia following renal transplantation in a patient with an occluded inferior vena cava.
abstract: Pre-existing occlusion of the inferior vena cava may complicate renal transplantation. Suppurative abdominal wall phlebitis following renal transplantation was diagnosed in a patient with pre-existing thrombosis of the inferior vena cava of unknown cause. The phlebitis developed in the subcutaneous collateral veins of the abdominal wall contra-laterally to the renal transplant. Cultures from abdominal wall micro-abscesses yielded Prevotella bivia as the causative agent. This complication has not been described before in the context of renal transplantation. The pathogenesis and management of this serious complication are discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Renal Transplant Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.janssen@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: K A M I
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: van Donselaar-van der Pant
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: van der Weerd
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Develter
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bemelman
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Grobusch
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Idu
authors.forename: I J M
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Ten Berge
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology; D016866:Bacteroidaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010689:Phlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D018720:Prevotella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*