A 20-year retained guidewire, should it be removed?
A 37-year-old female presented repeatedly with oxacillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (OSSA) bacteremia over a 1-year period. She had no history of serious infection until these bacteremia episodes. She also denied use of illicit drugs or any new open wounds. A physical examination revealed a painful left sternoclavicular mass. Radiography showed three retained segments of a guidewire: a short segment in the left brachiocephalic vein, a long segment from the left brachiocephalic vein down to the infrahepatic inferior vena …