A Rare Report of Infectious Emphysematous Aortitis Secondary to Clostridium septicum without Prior Vascular Intervention

The term “mycotic aneurysm” was first used by Osler in 1882 to describe a mushroom-shaped aneurysm in subacute bacterial endocarditis. Mycotic aneurysms account for only 2.6% of all aneurysms of the aorta. Rarer still are anaerobic infections secondary to organisms such as Clostridium septicum, whic...

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Autores principales: Harris, Ciel, Geffen, Joseph, Rizg, Keyrillos, Shah, Stuart, Richardson, Aaron, Baldeo, Cherisse, Ramdass, Avinash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29075546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4984325

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