Reference number (b)(4).Catalog number in d4 is the similar us list number, the international list number is unknown.The device manufacturer and lot number of the device involved in this complaint was not provided.Therefore, it is unknown if the device involved was abbvie branded tubing.Abbvie has chosen to report this complaint due to the potential that the device involved could have been abbvie branded tubing.The device involved in the event remained in the patient and was not returned; therefore, a return sample evaluation is unable to be performed.Stoma site infection is a known complication of a peg- j tube placement.If any further relevant information is identified or obtained, a supplemental medwatch will be filed.
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On an unknown date, a patient in netherlands underwent a procedure for the placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (peg) tube with jejunal (peg-j) tube.After an unspecified amount of time, the patient experienced a bacterial and fungal infection at the stoma site and was treated with a number of unknown antibiotic courses.
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