INFECTIOUS AORTITIS DUE TO PENICILLIN-RESISTANT STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE

Authors
MACLENNAN AC DOYLE DL SACKS SL
Citation
Ac. Maclennan et al., INFECTIOUS AORTITIS DUE TO PENICILLIN-RESISTANT STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE, Annals of vascular surgery, 11(5), 1997, pp. 533-535
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Peripheal Vascular Diseas","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Annals of vascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
08905096
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
533 - 535
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-5096(1997)11:5<533:IADTPS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Infectious aortitis is uncommon and typically affects elderly immunoco mpromised men, with a Salmonella or Staphylococcal infection of an ath eromatous or aneurysmal aorta. We present a fit young man who develope d infectious aortitis with peripheral embolization due to a penicillin -resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia.