Infective abdominal aortitis due to Campylobacter fetus bacteremia: A case report and review of literature
| Autor: | Abhinav Agrawal, Rutuja R Sikachi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Fetus biology business.industry Abdominal aorta General Medicine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery 03 medical and health sciences Aortic aneurysm 0302 clinical medicine medicine.artery Bacteremia Medicine Thoracic aorta Campylobacter fetus Presentation (obstetrics) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Aortitis |
| Zdroj: | Intractable & Rare Diseases Research. 5:290-293 |
| ISSN: | 2186-361X 2186-3644 |
| DOI: | 10.5582/irdr.2016.01059 |
| Popis: | Infectious aortitis (IA) is a rare but life-threatening condition, and most commonly affects the abdominal aorta or thoracic aorta. Various microorganisms have been associated with infectious thoracic aortitis, most commonly Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Streptococcus, and Salmonella species. Campylobacter fetus (C. fetus) has been seen as a cause of infective aortitis only in a few case reports. We report a rare case of infective aortitis of the abdominal aorta caused due to C. fetus bacteremia. While C. fetus infections usually occur in patients with immunosuppression, such as malignancy, or those with diabetes mellitus, but our patient was not immunocompromised. Furthermore, the IA occurred in the absence of an aortic aneurysm, unlike its usual presentation. Thus, it is extremely important to establish an early diagnosis of IA and find out the causative organism for appropriate medical treatment, because this condition is potentially life threatening. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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