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Int J Angiol 2012; 21(03): 175-176
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325169
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Fusobacterium necrophorum in an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Treated by Once Daily Ertapenem

D. Wotherspoon
1   Department of Vascular Surgery and Infectious Diseases, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
,
J. A. Street
1   Department of Vascular Surgery and Infectious Diseases, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
,
S. Hedderwick
1   Department of Vascular Surgery and Infectious Diseases, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
,
R. Baker
1   Department of Vascular Surgery and Infectious Diseases, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
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23 August 2012 (online)

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Abstract

Inflammatory aneurysms may make up a small percentage of the total number of abdominal aortic aneurysms, but they present their own unique challenges. We present a case of a 65-year-old man whose aneurysm was found to be colonized by Fusobacterium necrophorum.

Keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm - aneurysm - C-reactive protein - infection - mycotic aneurysm - risk factors - repair
 

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