Listeriosis Infection of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Diabetic Patient

A rare case of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) infected by Listeria monocytogenes in a 72-year-old male diabetic farmer, is reported. Our patient had a history of a recent pneumonia that could have been caused by Listeria too. Aneurysm infection was manifested by fever and abdominal and back pain...

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Autores principales: Papadoulas, Spyros I, Kakkos, Stavros K, Kraniotis, Pantelis A, Manousi, Maria E, Marangos, Markos N, Tsolakis, Ioannis A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23599616
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.107173
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author Papadoulas, Spyros I
Kakkos, Stavros K
Kraniotis, Pantelis A
Manousi, Maria E
Marangos, Markos N
Tsolakis, Ioannis A
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description A rare case of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) infected by Listeria monocytogenes in a 72-year-old male diabetic farmer, is reported. Our patient had a history of a recent pneumonia that could have been caused by Listeria too. Aneurysm infection was manifested by fever and abdominal and back pain, which prompted investigation with CT scanning that revealed a 4.9 cm AAA with typical signs of infection. He underwent urgent AAA repair with aortobifemoral bypass grafting and had an uneventful course. Aneurysm content microbiology revealed Listeria monocytogenes and following a 9-week course of antibiotics our patient remains asymptomatic 11 months later.
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spelling pubmed-36282322013-04-18 Listeriosis Infection of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Diabetic Patient Papadoulas, Spyros I Kakkos, Stavros K Kraniotis, Pantelis A Manousi, Maria E Marangos, Markos N Tsolakis, Ioannis A J Glob Infect Dis Case Report A rare case of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) infected by Listeria monocytogenes in a 72-year-old male diabetic farmer, is reported. Our patient had a history of a recent pneumonia that could have been caused by Listeria too. Aneurysm infection was manifested by fever and abdominal and back pain, which prompted investigation with CT scanning that revealed a 4.9 cm AAA with typical signs of infection. He underwent urgent AAA repair with aortobifemoral bypass grafting and had an uneventful course. Aneurysm content microbiology revealed Listeria monocytogenes and following a 9-week course of antibiotics our patient remains asymptomatic 11 months later. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3628232/ /pubmed/23599616 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.107173 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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