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Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi
- Source :
- Annals of Vascular Diseases. 10:139-142
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- The Editorial Committee of Annals of Vascular Diseases, 2017.
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Abstract
- The causative organism is not identified in some cases of infected aneurysms, a life-threatening condition. A 68-year-old man presented with chest/back pain and a 1-year history of intermittent fever and fatigue. Computed tomography revealed a thoracic aortic aneurysm. After several negative blood cultures, he was eventually diagnosed with an infected aneurysm caused by Helicobacter cinaedi via gene analysis of an aortic tissue specimen. As H. cinaedi is a low-virulence bacterium, infection with this pathogen should be suspected in cases of aortic aneurysms with unidentified causative organism and a long history of subjective symptoms. Detailed examinations, including polymerase chain reaction, should be conducted in such cases.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Computed tomography
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Thoracic aortic aneurysm
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
Helicobacter cinaedi
0302 clinical medicine
Aneurysm
Causative organism
law
medicine
Back pain
030212 general & internal medicine
Pathogen
Polymerase chain reaction
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
cardiovascular system
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18816428 and 1881641X
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Vascular Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........820b511c362032a50c38383a072d93b7