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Most of superior vena cava syndrome are caused by malignant tumors involving the mediastinum (usually lung cancer or lymphoma). However, iatrogenic cause has become more important since it has become...
Hickman catheters are tunneled central venous catheters used for long-term venous access in children with malignancies. The appropriate management for various kinds of catheter related complications has become a major...
Tsukamurella pulmonis is an aerobic actinomycete. We report a catheter-related bacteremia of T. pulmonis. A 39 yr-old male with ALL was hospitalized to receive bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Although the...
Leclercia adecarboxylata and Escherichia hermannii are motile, gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacilli which have rarely been isolated from environmental and clinical specimens. Although several cases of L. adecarboxylata or E. hermannii...
PURPOSE: We performed a retrospective study to evaluate the complications from Hickman catheters in pediatric oncologic patients.
METHODS: Between October 1992 and July 1995, 27 Hickman catheters placed in 25...