Staphylococcus aureus aortitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis: A case report and literature review

An infected aortic aneurysm is a process with high mortality rate. Survival is dependent on an early diagnosis and surgical management. This case report details a rare presentation of aortitis with persistent methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia, which initially presented as...

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Autores principales: Yague, Marta, Temprano, Ignacio, Losa, Juan, De Benito, Luis, De La Cruz, Raul, Cheyne, Natalie, Henriquez, Cesar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27516965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.07.010
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Sumario:An infected aortic aneurysm is a process with high mortality rate. Survival is dependent on an early diagnosis and surgical management. This case report details a rare presentation of aortitis with persistent methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia, which initially presented as retroperitoneal fibrosis and was ultimately fatal.

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