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Septic Nonsuppurative Thrombophlebitis
Michael J. Zinner, MD;
George D. Zuidema, MD;
Brian D. Lowery, MD
Arch Surg. 1976;111(2):122-125.
Abstract
• Nonsuppurative peripheral thrombophlebitis is a frequently recognized source of sepsis. Eleven patients cared for on general medical and surgical services had Gram-negative bacillary sepsis on this basis. Ten had isolation of organisms of the Klebsiella-Enterbacter group from the involved peripheral vein. All failed to respond to organism-sensitive antibiotics until the involved vein was excised. After local vein excision, all patients were afebrile within 48 hours and recovered. In seven of the 11 patients, the septic phlebitis source was associated with a standard intravenous needle, and none had cutdown procedures. It is strongly emphasized that this condition is a source of life-threatening sepsis that can be treated by vein excision at the bedside. The treatment in our patients resulted in no morbidity. A high index of suspicion is necessary to diagnose this occult source of sepsis because of the minimal local physical signs.
(Arch Surg 111:122-125, 1976)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore. Dr Zinner is now with the Division of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 9, 1975.
Reprint requests to the Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205 (Dr Lowery).
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