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pocket infection

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pocket infection
Infectious disease A catheter-related infection occurring in an implanted subcutaneous central venous catheter with signs of inflammation or purulent exudate in the subcutaneous pocket occupied by the reservoir. See Central venous catheter.


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Six weeks before admission, this device had been removed because of a pocket infection after blunt trauma with dislocation of the device and perforation of the skin.
 
 
 
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