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Presence of periaortic gas in Clostridium septicum-infected aortic aneurysm aids in early diagnosis: a case report and systematic review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Clostridium septicum-infected aortic aneurysm is a fatal and rare disease. We present a fatal case of C. septicum-infected aortic aneurysm and a pertinent literature review with treatment suggestions for reducing mortality rates. CASE PRESENTATION: A 58-year-old Japanese man with an unre...

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Autores principales: Ito, Fumihito, Inokuchi, Ryota, Matsumoto, Akinori, Kumada, Yoshibumi, Yokoyama, Hideyuki, Ishida, Tokiya, Hashimoto, Katsuhiko, Narita, Masashi, Shinohara, Kazuaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28931420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1422-0