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HAEMOPHILIA
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 183-186Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2006.01176.x
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catheter-related infections; haemophilia; inhibitors; Staphylococcus aureus
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Central venous catheters (CVC) are frequently used in children with haemophilia to deliver factor infusions for the treatment or prophylaxis of bleeding. Complications of CVCs in patients with haemophilia include thrombosis and infection. We report a young boy with severe haemophilia A and an inhibitor who developed disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection most likely related to a CVC. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of fatal sepsis secondary to a CVC in a patient with haemophilia.
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