Mycotic aortic aneurysm in a debilitated patient with compromised immunity; beware of Candida!

Candida is a rare cause of infected aortic aneurysms. We report the case of a diabetic patient with end stage kidney disease who underwent repair of a leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm. He was on long-term antibiotic treatment for malignant otitis externa. Candida albicans was isolated from the cult...

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Autores principales: Gunawardena, Thilina, Godakandage, Manujaya, Abeywickrama, Sachith, Cassim, Rezni, Wijeyaratne, Mandika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8668086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34925475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.210122

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8668086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34925475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.210122

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