Rupture of a nonaneurysmal aorta secondary to Staphylococcus aortitis: A case report and review of the literature

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 506-512

  Stephens, Christopher T ^a   Pounds, Lori L ^a   Killewich, Lois A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AORTA PERFORATION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; REVASCULARIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTITIS; HUMANS; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749007657     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319706290739     Document Type: Article

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