Septic embolization arising from infected pseudoaneurysms following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: A report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Cutis

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 447-452

  Izumi, Allan K ^a   Samlaska, Curt P ^b,c   Hew, Denise W L ^a   Bruno, Philip P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLISM; FALSE ANEURYSM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034567196     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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