Haemophilus influenzae septic thrombophlebitis following use of a "scalp-vein" needle
Ahonkhai, V.I.; Bhasin, Y.; Fikrig, S.M.; Fitzgerald, J.; Cafone, R.
Journal of the National Medical Association 76(2): 196-198
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-9684 PMID: 6608588 Document Number: 225203
Indolent Haemophilus influenzae type B septic thrombophlebitis developed in a 14-year-old boy two weeks after completing a course of intravenous antibiotics administered via a "scalp-vein" needle for an unrelated infection. Presumably, the primary disease (common variable immunodeficiency) contributed to the simultaneous occurrence of this uncommon complication of scalp-vein needle use, with an unusual pathogen.