Insertion site infection due to staphylococcus aureus

Breakdown of the skin with pus at the insertion site of a one-month old central venous catheter in an HIV-infected patient.

Reproduced with permission from The Skin and Infection: A Color Atlas and Text. Sanders CV, Nesbitt LT Jr (Eds) Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1995.

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