Cavitary pulmonary disease in a patient on dialysis | Zendy

Lamech Tanuj M. | Zendy; Nithya Govindasamy | Zendy; Aiswarya Dhanapalan | Zendy; Sastry Bhagavatula V. R. H. | Zendy; Arumugam Venkatesh | Zendy; Gopalakrishnan Natarajan | Zendy

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Cavitary pulmonary disease in a patient on dialysis

Author(s) -

Lamech Tanuj M.,

Nithya Govindasamy,

Aiswarya Dhanapalan,

Sastry Bhagavatula V. R. H.,

Arumugam Venkatesh,

Gopalakrishnan Natarajan

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

seminars in dialysis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899

H-Index - 78

eISSN - 1525-139X

pISSN - 0894-0959

DOI - 10.1111/sdi.12984

Subject(s) - medicine , cloxacillin , hemodialysis , pulmonary embolism , bacteremia , dialysis , staphylococcus aureus , surgery , fistula , arteriovenous fistula , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics

A 24‐year‐old man on maintenance hemodialysis presented with bilateral cavitary consolidations and methicillin‐sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia following ulceration of the skin over his arteriovenous (AV) fistula cannulation site. A diagnosis of septic pulmonary embolism was made, which presumptively originated from a localized MSSA infection of his AV access. He had an excellent response to a 28‐day course of cloxacillin, with the resolution of the pulmonary lesions.

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