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Gemella morbillorum- and Capnocytophaga sp.-Related Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Mediastinal Abscess: An Unusual Case Report, a Treatment Challenge, and a Review of Literature

A thoracic mycotic aortic aneurysm is an uncommon entity that can complicate mediastinal abscesses. Gemella morbillorum and Capnocytophaga sp. are oral bacteria that are very rarely encountered in this setting, especially when occurring together and with other organisms, posing a difficult treatment...

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Autores principales: Said, Mina, Tirthani, Ekta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8491562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34659942
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17728
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description A thoracic mycotic aortic aneurysm is an uncommon entity that can complicate mediastinal abscesses. Gemella morbillorum and Capnocytophaga sp. are oral bacteria that are very rarely encountered in this setting, especially when occurring together and with other organisms, posing a difficult treatment challenge per the available guidelines and sensitivities. We present in detail this interesting case of a multi-organism mediastinal abscess and thoracic mycotic aortic aneurysm after a previous esophagogastroduodenoscopic procedure in a 51-year-old female with known achalasia who presented with upper abdominal pain, including a successful surgical and antibiotic treatment regimen and a literature review of the involved topics.
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spelling pubmed-84915622021-10-14 Gemella morbillorum- and Capnocytophaga sp.-Related Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Mediastinal Abscess: An Unusual Case Report, a Treatment Challenge, and a Review of Literature Said, Mina Tirthani, Ekta Cureus Internal Medicine A thoracic mycotic aortic aneurysm is an uncommon entity that can complicate mediastinal abscesses. Gemella morbillorum and Capnocytophaga sp. are oral bacteria that are very rarely encountered in this setting, especially when occurring together and with other organisms, posing a difficult treatment challenge per the available guidelines and sensitivities. We present in detail this interesting case of a multi-organism mediastinal abscess and thoracic mycotic aortic aneurysm after a previous esophagogastroduodenoscopic procedure in a 51-year-old female with known achalasia who presented with upper abdominal pain, including a successful surgical and antibiotic treatment regimen and a literature review of the involved topics. Cureus 2021-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8491562/ /pubmed/34659942 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17728 Text en Copyright © 2021, Said et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gemella morbillorum- and Capnocytophaga sp.-Related Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Mediastinal Abscess: An Unusual Case Report, a Treatment Challenge, and a Review of Literature
title Gemella morbillorum- and Capnocytophaga sp.-Related Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Mediastinal Abscess: An Unusual Case Report, a Treatment Challenge, and a Review of Literature
title_full Gemella morbillorum- and Capnocytophaga sp.-Related Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Mediastinal Abscess: An Unusual Case Report, a Treatment Challenge, and a Review of Literature
title_fullStr Gemella morbillorum- and Capnocytophaga sp.-Related Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Mediastinal Abscess: An Unusual Case Report, a Treatment Challenge, and a Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Gemella morbillorum- and Capnocytophaga sp.-Related Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Mediastinal Abscess: An Unusual Case Report, a Treatment Challenge, and a Review of Literature
title_short Gemella morbillorum- and Capnocytophaga sp.-Related Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Mediastinal Abscess: An Unusual Case Report, a Treatment Challenge, and a Review of Literature
title_sort gemella morbillorum- and capnocytophaga sp.-related mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysm and mediastinal abscess: an unusual case report, a treatment challenge, and a review of literature
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8491562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34659942
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17728
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