Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula Associated With Aneurysmal Graft Infection by Coxiella burnetii

Aortoesophageal fistula is a rare and serious condition that carries a high mortality rate. We present a case of overt gastrointestinal bleeding from an aortoesophageal fistula in a patient with chronic infection of an endovascular prosthesis with Coxiella burnetii.

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Autores principales: Okwara, Chinemerem John, Petrasek, Jan, Gibson, Maeghan, Burstein, Ezra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27144194
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.39
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author Okwara, Chinemerem John
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Burstein, Ezra
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spelling pubmed-48431462016-05-03 Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula Associated With Aneurysmal Graft Infection by Coxiella burnetii Okwara, Chinemerem John Petrasek, Jan Gibson, Maeghan Burstein, Ezra ACG Case Rep J Case Report Aortoesophageal fistula is a rare and serious condition that carries a high mortality rate. We present a case of overt gastrointestinal bleeding from an aortoesophageal fistula in a patient with chronic infection of an endovascular prosthesis with Coxiella burnetii. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4843146/ /pubmed/27144194 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.39 Text en Copyright © Okwara et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula Associated With Aneurysmal Graft Infection by Coxiella burnetii
title Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula Associated With Aneurysmal Graft Infection by Coxiella burnetii
title_full Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula Associated With Aneurysmal Graft Infection by Coxiella burnetii
title_fullStr Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula Associated With Aneurysmal Graft Infection by Coxiella burnetii
title_full_unstemmed Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula Associated With Aneurysmal Graft Infection by Coxiella burnetii
title_short Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula Associated With Aneurysmal Graft Infection by Coxiella burnetii
title_sort secondary aortoesophageal fistula associated with aneurysmal graft infection by coxiella burnetii
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27144194
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.39
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