Brucella bacterascites

Brucella was cultured simultaneously from the ascitic fluid and blood of a febrile patient who had decompensated chronic liver disease, portal hypertension and ascites. Many bacteria have been isolated in bacterascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis but Brucella has not yet been recorded

misplaced Hickman catheter in a left superior vena cava

Hickman catheter insertion is usually uncomplicated. We describe a patient with a congenital venous anomaly resulting in the malplacement of a Hickman catheter. The cause, types of malplacement and techniques for catheter re-siting are discussed