Streptococcus pyogenes aortic aneurysm infection: forgotten but not gone

Historically, Streptococcus pyogenes was a common cause of endocarditis and infected aortic aneurysm. Today, endovascular infections due to this organism have become exceedingly rare. We report the first case of aortic aneurysm infection due to S. pyogenes treated with initial endoluminal repair, re...

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Autores principales: J. Gardiner, Bradley, Wong, Joy, Yii, Ming, Buckenham, Timothy, M. Korman, Tony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470961
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2013.e11
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description Historically, Streptococcus pyogenes was a common cause of endocarditis and infected aortic aneurysm. Today, endovascular infections due to this organism have become exceedingly rare. We report the first case of aortic aneurysm infection due to S. pyogenes treated with initial endoluminal repair, review previous reports and discuss current treatment options.
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spelling pubmed-38926072014-01-27 Streptococcus pyogenes aortic aneurysm infection: forgotten but not gone J. Gardiner, Bradley Wong, Joy Yii, Ming Buckenham, Timothy M. Korman, Tony Infect Dis Rep Case Report Historically, Streptococcus pyogenes was a common cause of endocarditis and infected aortic aneurysm. Today, endovascular infections due to this organism have become exceedingly rare. We report the first case of aortic aneurysm infection due to S. pyogenes treated with initial endoluminal repair, review previous reports and discuss current treatment options. PAGEPress Publications 2013-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3892607/ /pubmed/24470961 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2013.e11 Text en ©Copyright B.J. Gardiner et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BYNC 3.0).
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title_fullStr Streptococcus pyogenes aortic aneurysm infection: forgotten but not gone
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title_short Streptococcus pyogenes aortic aneurysm infection: forgotten but not gone
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892607/
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