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Endocarditis with a large thrombus complicating a central venous access device
P Venugopalan1, A Louon, F O Akinbami
1Department of Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. gopalax@gto.net.om
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
|December 22, 1999
Abstract:
A 12-month-old child on total parenteral nutrition via a central venous access device developed an infected thrombus and endocarditis. The vegetation disappeared on conservative management. The device was left in place.