Ruptured mycotic aneurysm presenting initially with bacterial meningitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-75

  Mincheff, Thomas V ^a,b   Cooler, Arthur W ^a  

^a Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEGRO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROMBUS; ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; FATALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 40749156319     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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