A 74-year-old woman sought medical attention for general symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and back pain. A computed tomographic scan showed gas in the wall of the descending thoracic and suprarenal aortas. Emergency thoracoabdominal exploration revealed a necrotizing infection of the thoracic aorta extending to the origin of the celiac axis. After surgery Clostridium septicum was identified in tissue culture. Surgical management consisted of in-situ graft replacement of the thoracoabdominal aorta. Three months later, a pseudoaneurysm developed at the distal anastomosis. The patient refused further surgery and died 3 days later. The cause of death was presumed to be a ruptured mycotic aneurysm as a result of recurrent C. septicum infection. The...
BACKGROUND: Despite the improvements achieved in antibiotic therapy, severe aortic infection resulti...
CONTEXT: Primary aortoenteric fistulas usually result from erosion of the bowel wall due to an assoc...
Extra-intestinal infections caused by Clostridium difficile are uncommon. We report a case of a myco...
A 74-year-old woman sought medical attention for general symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and back pain...
Clostridium septicum aortitis is a rare infection that has a strong association with occult colonic ...
Abstract Background Clostridium septicum-infected aortic aneurysm is a fatal and rare disease. We pr...
AbstractAfter emergency repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with an aortocaval...
BACKGROUND: Clostridium septicum aortitis is a lethal infection. C. septicum has a strong associatio...
Clostridium septicum aortitis is a rare, highly morbid condition typically accompanied by malignant ...
AbstractWe report a surgical case of mycotic aneurysm of the infrarenal abdominal aorta infected by ...
Clostridium septicum aortitis is a rare infection that is strongly associated with underlying adenoc...
Abstract Clostridium septicum is responsible for 5–20% of all clostridial infections.A high incidenc...
Clostridium septicum (C. septicum) aortitis is a rare condition frequently associated with colon ade...
Clostridium septicum is an anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus known to cause myonecrosis, also known ...
Clostridium septicum is a highly virulent pathogen which is associated with colorectal malignancy, h...
BACKGROUND: Despite the improvements achieved in antibiotic therapy, severe aortic infection resulti...
CONTEXT: Primary aortoenteric fistulas usually result from erosion of the bowel wall due to an assoc...
Extra-intestinal infections caused by Clostridium difficile are uncommon. We report a case of a myco...
A 74-year-old woman sought medical attention for general symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and back pain...
Clostridium septicum aortitis is a rare infection that has a strong association with occult colonic ...
Abstract Background Clostridium septicum-infected aortic aneurysm is a fatal and rare disease. We pr...
AbstractAfter emergency repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with an aortocaval...
BACKGROUND: Clostridium septicum aortitis is a lethal infection. C. septicum has a strong associatio...
Clostridium septicum aortitis is a rare, highly morbid condition typically accompanied by malignant ...
AbstractWe report a surgical case of mycotic aneurysm of the infrarenal abdominal aorta infected by ...
Clostridium septicum aortitis is a rare infection that is strongly associated with underlying adenoc...
Abstract Clostridium septicum is responsible for 5–20% of all clostridial infections.A high incidenc...
Clostridium septicum (C. septicum) aortitis is a rare condition frequently associated with colon ade...
Clostridium septicum is an anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus known to cause myonecrosis, also known ...
Clostridium septicum is a highly virulent pathogen which is associated with colorectal malignancy, h...
BACKGROUND: Despite the improvements achieved in antibiotic therapy, severe aortic infection resulti...
CONTEXT: Primary aortoenteric fistulas usually result from erosion of the bowel wall due to an assoc...
Extra-intestinal infections caused by Clostridium difficile are uncommon. We report a case of a myco...