title: Multiple metastatic infections in a hemodialysis patient with untunneled internal jugular catheter.
abstract: We present an end-stage renal disease patient on dialysis with fever. The primary source was right internal jugular vein catheter which had metastatic infections in the body probably via an arteriovenous communication in a cavity in left lung. Patient had right psoas muscle abscess and a left kidney abscess. An (18) F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission spectroscopy scan was done to find out left kidney abscess. A search of literature did not reveal many patients of psoas abscess secondary to infection of hemodialysis access.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology, SVIMS, Tirupati, India.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peddi
authors.forename: Rapur
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.forename: Varalakshmi Devi
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Boreddy
authors.forename: Sridhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avssn
authors.forename: Krishna Kishore
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chennu
authors.forename: Siva Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Vishnubotla
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D062905:Central Venous Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011859:Radiography
keywords: Metastatic infections; positron emission spectroscopy; psoas muscle abscess; untunneled internal jugular catheter