INFECTED ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM CAUSED BY CAMPYLOBACTER-FETUS SUBSPECIES FETUS - REPORT OF A CASE

Authors
MII S TANAKA K FURUGAKI K SAKATA H KATOH H MORI A
Citation
S. Mii et al., INFECTED ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM CAUSED BY CAMPYLOBACTER-FETUS SUBSPECIES FETUS - REPORT OF A CASE, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 28(6), 1998, pp. 661-664
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09411291
Volume
28
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
661 - 664
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1998)28:6<661:IAACBC>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A 45-year old man with fever, abdominal pain, and a pulsating mass und erwent an aneurysmectomy, with in situ reconstruction using a bifurcat ed knitted Dacron graft, for a saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA ). A culture taken postoperatively grew Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus. The administration of antibiotics sensitive to this organism w as continued for 3 months, and no infection has been encountered in th e 1 year since his operation. This is only the 13th documented case of AAA infected by C. fetus subspecies fetus.