Mycotic aneurysm of the femoral artery complicating Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Staphylococcus aureus is the major cause of bacteremia, with the potential for some complications, namely mycotic aneurysms, defined as irreversible dilatation of an artery due to destruction of the vessel wall by infection. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors present the case of a 52 year-...

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Autores principales: Carvalho, Patrícia Margarida Serra, Mota, Joana Decq, Dias, Patricia Gloria Dinis, da Mota, Antonio Oscar Carmona, de Moura, Jose Julio Alves
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20072682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9386

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20072682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9386

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