Once bitten, twice shy: An unusual case report of a mycotic aortic aneurysm

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1024-1026

  Chu, Peter ^a,b   Howden, Benjamin P ^a   Jones, Stephanie ^a   Fell, Gary ^a   Roberts, Andrew K ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aorta; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Dog bite; Mycotic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; TICARCILLIN;

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; DOG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

AGED; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DOGS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33644876896     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03599.x     Document Type: Article

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