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[Recurrent enterococcal bacteremia associated with a transjugular intrahepatic protosystemic shunt]
Amélie Passeron1, Liliana Mihaïla-Amrouche, Elsa Perreira Rocha
1Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu Université Paris 5. amelie.passeron@hop.egp.ap-hop-paris.fr
Gastroenterologie Clinique Et Biologique
|January 27, 2005
Abstract:
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) are an accepted technique for controlling the complications of portal hypertension. Although the incidence of TIPS-associated bacteremia appears to be low (2%), this complication has a high mortality. We report one case of recurrent enterococcal bacteremia associated with TIPS and regression of TIPS thrombus after antibiotherapy. The antibiotic regimen is similar to that given in bacterial endocardites.