Ruptured mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm secondary to Mycobacterium bovis after intravesical treatment with bacillus Calmette-Guérin

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-134

  Harding, Gregory E J ^a   Lawlor, D Kirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; EDEMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BCG VACCINE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34250858174     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.01.054     Document Type: Article

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