| Autor: |
Nakao, S., Hagiya, H., Kimura, K., Mitsui, T., Oyama, A., Hongyo, K., Takahashi, Y., Nakagami, F., Tomono, K., Hiromi Rakugi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: |
0386-300X |
| Popis: |
A 65-year-old Japanese man with bilateral carotid atherosclerosis presented with right neck pain and fever. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography suggested carotid arteritis, and carotid ultrasonography showed an unstable plaque. The patient developed a cerebral embolism, causing a transient ischemic attack. Helicobacter cinaedi was detected in blood culture, and H. cinaedi-associated carotid arteritis was diagnosed. Empirical antibiotic therapy was administered for 6 weeks. After readmission for recurrent fever, he was treated another 8 weeks. Although the relationship between H. cinaedi infection and atherosclerosis development remains unclear, the atherosclerotic changes in our patient's carotid artery might have been attributable to H. cinaedi infection. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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