Coil embolization of an infected superior gluteal artery pseudoaneurysm caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-65

  Schindera, Sebastian T ^a   Anderson, S E ^a   Triller, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Infected gluteal artery aneurysm; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Transcatheter embolization

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SACROILIITIS; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTEREMIA; BUTTOCKS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SACROILIAC JOINT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14644440850     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.34.1.62     Document Type: Article

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