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Mycotic Aneurysm Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in an Elderly Immunosuppressed Patient

An 82-year-old Japanese man, who presented with a fever and abdominal pain, was admitted to our hospital. According to enhanced computed tomography images, the probable diagnosis was abdominal aortic mycotic aneurysm. Eight sets of blood cultures obtained from the patient were negative. Despite admi...

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Autores principales: Fukuchi, Takahiko, Kawasaki, Sadao, Hayashi, Hiroki, Koreeda, Daisuke, Ashikawa, Takahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5216158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27904124