Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Helicobacter cinaedi.

Nishida, Kazuhiro; Iwasawa, Takamasa; Tamura, Atsushi; Lefor, Alan T.

Afiliação

Nishida K; Department of Surgery, Yokosuka General Hospital, Uwamachi, Kanagawa 238-8567, Japan.
Iwasawa T; Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, Yokosuka General Hospital, Uwamachi, Kanagawa 238-8567, Japan.
Tamura A; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokosuka General Hospital, Uwamachi, Kanagawa 238-8567, Japan.
Lefor AT; Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.

Case Rep Surg ; 2016: 1396568, 2016.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26885430

ABSTRACT

Helicobacter cinaedi is a rare human pathogen which has various clinical manifestations such as cellulitis, bacteremia, arthritis, meningitis, and infectious endocarditis. We report an abdominal aortic aneurysm infected with Helicobacter cinaedi, treated successfully with surgical repair and long-term antimicrobial therapy.

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article