‘The Law of Unintended Consequences’ – Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection complicating peripheral intravascular cannulation in an epilepsy monitoring unit

• Niamh Reidy,
• Julian Larkin,
• Peter Widdess-Walsh,
• Karen Burns

Affiliations

Niamh Reidy

Department of Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; Corresponding author. Address: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Julian Larkin

Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Strategic Academic Recruitment Doctor of Medicine Programme, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Collaboration with Blackrock Clinic, Dublin, Ireland

Peter Widdess-Walsh

Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Karen Burns

Department of Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland