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Our patient was an extremely low birth weight growth-restricted infant born at 27 weeks gestation and initially required an umbilical arterial catheter for blood pressure and blood gas monitoring. The course of this neonate was complicated by severe respiratory distress syndrome that evolved into chronic lung disease along with multiple episodes of tracheitis. Hemodynamically, the infant had a significant patent ductus arteriosus, and an episode of medical necrotizing enterocolitis followed by Staphylococcus lugdunensis septicemia. He was diagnosed with an infected aortic thrombus, probably the occult focus responsible for the persistent bacteremia. 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