Sentences with phrase «infected central line»

As soon as the cultures came back positive for this mold, the patient went on a three - week course of an antifungal drug known as amphotericin B. Surgeons also removed his infected central line and placed a new one.

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Using a powerful imaging technique that allowed the scientists to track the presence and movement of parasites in living tissues, the researchers found that Toxoplasma infects the brain's endothelial cells, which line blood vessels, reproduces inside of them, and then moves on to invade the central nervous system.