Melioidosis presenting as an infected intrathoracic subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm treated with femoral vein interposition graft

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 569-572

  Schindler, Nancy ^a,b   Calligaro, Keith D ^a,b   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a,b   Diehl, James ^a,b   Modi, Ketang H ^a,b   Braffman, Michael N ^a,b  

^a Pennsylvania Hospital ^*

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VEIN GRAFT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMORAL VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

EID: 0036517160     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.118592     Document Type: Article

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