Coxiella burnetii infection of an aortic graft with multiple vertebral body erosion

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 399-403

  O'Donnell, Mark Edward ^a   Manshani, Novin ^a   McCaughey, Conall ^b   Soong, Chee ^a   Lee, Bernard ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BONE EROSION; CASE REPORT; COXIELLA BURNETII; EROSION; FEVER; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; Q FEVER; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846451403     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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