Death from inappropriate therapy for Lyme disease

Robin Patel; Karen L. Grogg; William D. Edwards; Alan J. Wright; Nina M. Schwenk

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Death from inappropriate therapy for Lyme disease

Robin Patel, Karen L. Grogg, William D. Edwards, Alan J. Wright, Nina M. Schwenk

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Abstract

A 30-year-old woman died as a result of a large Candida parapsilosis septic thrombus located on the tip of a Groshong catheter. The catheter had been in place for 28 months for administration of a 27 month course of intravenous cefotaxime for an unsubstantiated diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1107-1109
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/318138
State	Published - Oct 1 2000

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Infectious Diseases

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