Infections of the aorta: Case report and review of treatment

Vascular

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 252-256

  Lehner, Shannon ^a   Wittgen, Catherine ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Infection; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR ARTERY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944529034     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2005.50083     Document Type: Article

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