Primary Clostridium septicum aortitis: A rare cause of necrotizing suprarenal aortic infection: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 714-718

  Sailors, D M ^a   Eidt, J F ^a   Gagne, P J ^a   Barnes, R W ^a   Barone, G W ^a   McFarland, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; REVASCULARIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE; VOMITING;

EID: 0029998687     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(96)80055-3     Document Type: Article

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