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Clostridium septicum-infected Stanford type A acute aortic dissection: a case report

BACKGROUND: Thoracic aortitis caused by Clostridium septicum is a rare infection with a strong association with malignancy and high mortality rate when left untreated. We report a case of surgical treatment for Stanford type A acute aortic dissection in a patient with C. septicum sepsis and thoracic...

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Autores principales: Akita, Kiyotoshi, Takami, Yoshiyuki, Matsuhashi, Kazuki, Sakurai, Yusuke, Amano, Kentaro, Ishikawa, Hiroshi, Eda, Tadahito, Takagi, Yasushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6965561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31950362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-020-0770-y