Catheter-related sepsis refractory to antibiotics treated successfully with adjunctive urokinase infusion

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1990 Sep;9(9):676-8.

Authors

J D Fishbein¹, H S Friedman, B B Bennett, J M Falletta

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.

PMID: 2235195

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Catheters, Indwelling*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Humans
Infant
Infusions, Intravenous
Sepsis / drug therapy*
Sepsis / etiology
Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy*
Streptococcal Infections / etiology
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator