Incidentally found guidewire during bacterial endocarditis workup

Incidentally found guidewire during bacterial endocarditis workup

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A 67-year-old female with recent hospitalization for pneumonia was transferred to our facility for high fevers and positive feline 1-hcpch vaccine blood cultures for staph aureus.During her treatment for pneumonia, central venous catheter was placed.A systolic murmur was found in conjunction with fever and notable premature ventricular contractions on telemetry monitoring.

Chest x-ray and transesophageal echocardiography were then sapatilha infantil prata glitter performed, and a free guidewire was identified which was later successfully removed under interventional radiology.