Primary bacterial infection of an artery

Citation
K. Tiesenhausen et al., Primary bacterial infection of an artery, CHIRURG, 70(10), 1999, pp. 1163-1167
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
CHIRURG
ISSN journal
00094722 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1163 - 1167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-4722(199910)70:10<1163:PBIOAA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Introduction: Primary bacterial infection of an artery is difficult to diag nose, especially at the beginning of the illness. Most of the patients come for emergency treatment in the phase of rupture. Methods: The course of il lness in four patients serves as background for discussion of the problems of diagnosis and therapy. Results: Bacterial infection of arteries shows a high rate of complications and, for the aorta, high mortality. Conclusion: If fever of uncertain origin is combined with pain of the stomach or of the back, or with a painful reddish swelling on a limb, this rare disease shou ld be considered in the differential diagnosis.