Mycotic aneurysm of the internal carotid artery presenting with multiple cerebral septic emboli

Vascular

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 215-220

  Papadoulas, Spyros ^a   Zampakis, Petros ^a   Liamis, Alexandros ^a   Dimopoulos, Panagiotis A ^a   Tsolakis, Ioannis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Carotid pseudoaneurysm; Mycotic carotid aneurysm; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348980293     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2007.00043     Document Type: Article

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