Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi

The causative organism is not identified in some cases of infected aneurysms, a life-threatening condition. A 68-year-old man presented with chest/back pain and a 1-year history of intermittent fever and fatigue. Computed tomography revealed a thoracic aortic aneurysm. After several negative blood c...

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Autores principales: Kushimoto, Kazuo, Yonekura, Ryusuke, Umesue, Masayoshi, Oshiro, Yumi, Yamasaki, Hitoshi, Yoshida, Kenji, Oryoji, Kensuke, Yokota, Eisuke
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese College of Angiology / The Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery / Japanese Society of Phlebology 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29034040
http://dx.doi.org/10.3400/avd.cr.16-00126
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author Kushimoto, Kazuo
Yonekura, Ryusuke
Umesue, Masayoshi
Oshiro, Yumi
Yamasaki, Hitoshi
Yoshida, Kenji
Oryoji, Kensuke
Yokota, Eisuke
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Yonekura, Ryusuke
Umesue, Masayoshi
Oshiro, Yumi
Yamasaki, Hitoshi
Yoshida, Kenji
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description The causative organism is not identified in some cases of infected aneurysms, a life-threatening condition. A 68-year-old man presented with chest/back pain and a 1-year history of intermittent fever and fatigue. Computed tomography revealed a thoracic aortic aneurysm. After several negative blood cultures, he was eventually diagnosed with an infected aneurysm caused by Helicobacter cinaedi via gene analysis of an aortic tissue specimen. As H. cinaedi is a low-virulence bacterium, infection with this pathogen should be suspected in cases of aortic aneurysms with unidentified causative organism and a long history of subjective symptoms. Detailed examinations, including polymerase chain reaction, should be conducted in such cases.
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spelling pubmed-55797722017-10-13 Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi Kushimoto, Kazuo Yonekura, Ryusuke Umesue, Masayoshi Oshiro, Yumi Yamasaki, Hitoshi Yoshida, Kenji Oryoji, Kensuke Yokota, Eisuke Ann Vasc Dis Case Report The causative organism is not identified in some cases of infected aneurysms, a life-threatening condition. A 68-year-old man presented with chest/back pain and a 1-year history of intermittent fever and fatigue. Computed tomography revealed a thoracic aortic aneurysm. After several negative blood cultures, he was eventually diagnosed with an infected aneurysm caused by Helicobacter cinaedi via gene analysis of an aortic tissue specimen. As H. cinaedi is a low-virulence bacterium, infection with this pathogen should be suspected in cases of aortic aneurysms with unidentified causative organism and a long history of subjective symptoms. Detailed examinations, including polymerase chain reaction, should be conducted in such cases. Japanese College of Angiology / The Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery / Japanese Society of Phlebology 2017-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5579772/ /pubmed/29034040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3400/avd.cr.16-00126 Text en Copyright © 2017 Annals of Vascular Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the credit of the original work, a link to the license, and indication of any change are properly given, and the original work is not used for commercial purposes. Remixed or transformed contributions must be distributed under the same license as the original.
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Yamasaki, Hitoshi
Yoshida, Kenji
Oryoji, Kensuke
Yokota, Eisuke
Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi
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title_full Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi
title_fullStr Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi
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title_short Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi
title_sort infected thoracic aortic aneurysm caused by helicobacter cinaedi
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29034040
http://dx.doi.org/10.3400/avd.cr.16-00126
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