Clinical and microbiological characteristics of mycotic aneurysms in a medical center in southern Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-324

  Hsu, Pao Jen ^a   Lee, Chen Hsiang ^a   Lee, Fan Yen ^b   Liu, Jien Wei ^a,c  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, infected; Gram positive cocci; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEROID THERAPY; TAIWAN; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 57649126117     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Hsu RB, Chen RJ, Wang SS, Chu SH. Infected aortic aneurysms: clinical outcome and risk factor analysis. J Vasc Surg. 2004;40:30-5.
2. Oderich GS, Panneton JM, Bower TC, Cherry KJ Jr, Rowland CM, Noel AA, et al. Infected aortic aneurysms: aggressive presentation, complicated early outcome, but durable results. J Vasc Surg. 2001;34:900-8.
3. Wang JH, Liu YC, Yen MY, Wang JH, Chen YS, Wann SR, et al. Mycotic aneurysm due to non-typhi Salmonella: report of 16 cases. Clin Infect Dis. 1996;23:743-7.
4. Ting AC, Cheng SW, Ho P, Poon JT, Tsu JH. Surgical treatment of infected aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms of the thoracic and abdominal aorta. Am J Surg. 2005;189:150-4.
5. Hsu RB, Tsay YG, Wang SS, Chu SH. Surgical treatment for primary infected aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta, abdominal aorta, and iliac arteries. J Vasc Surg. 2002;36:746-50.
6. Chan YC, Morales JP, Taylor PR. The management of mycotic aortic aneurysms: is there a role for endoluminal treatment? Acta Chir Belg. 2005;105:580-7.
7. Fillmore AJ, Valentine RJ. Surgical mortality in patients with infected aortic aneurysms. J Am Coll Surg. 2003;196: 435-41.
8. Chiang WC, Tsai JC, Chen SY, Hsu CY, Wu CT, Teng LJ, et al. Mycotic aneurysm caused by Streptococcus constellatus subsp. constellatus. J Clin Microbiol. 2004;42:1826-8.
9. Coutu M, Blair JF. Multiple mycotic aortic aneurysms due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Ann Vasc Surg. 2003;17: 554-7.
10. How P, Sikkel MB, Shalhoub J, Law NW. Mycotic aneurysm of the brachial artery secondary to hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in a complicated case of infective endocarditis. Ann Vasc Surg. 2006;20:684-6.
11. Azizi L, Henon A, Belkacem A, Monnier-Cholley L, Tubiana JM, Arrivé L. Infected aortic aneurysms: CT features. Abdom Imaging. 2004;29:716-20.
12. Moriarty JA, Edelman RR, Tumeh SS. CT and MRI of mycotic aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1992;16:941-3.
13. Macedo TA, Stanson AW, Oderich GS, Johnson CM, Panneton JM, Tie ML. Infected aortic aneurysms: imaging findings. Radiology. 2004;231:250-7.
14. Hindler J. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing. In: Isenberg HD, ed. Essential procedures for clinical microbiology. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology 1998:205-54.
15. Kuki S, Taniguchi K, Miyagawa S, Takano H. Multiple mycotic arch-thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms: a successful case of in situ graft replacement. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2000;17:184-6.
16. Hsu RB, Tsay YG, Wang SS, Chu SH. Management of aortic aneurysm infected with Salmonella. Br J Surg. 2003; 90:1080-4.
17. Oskoui R, Davis WA, Gomes MN. Salmonella aortitis. A report of a successfully treated case with a comprehensive review of the literature. Arch Intern Med. 1993;153:517-25.
18. Benenson S, Raveh D, Schlesinger Y, Alberton J, Rudensky B, Hadas-Halpern I, et al. The risk of vascular infection in adult patients with nontyphi Salmonella bacteremia. Am J Med. 2001;110:60-3.
19. Johansen K, Devin J. Mycotic aortic aneurysms. A reappraisal. Arch Surg. 1983;118:583-8.
20. Venkatesh SK, Phadke RV, Kalode RR, Kumar S, Jain VK. Intracranial infective aneurysms presenting with haemorrhage: an analysis of angiographic findings, management and outcome. Clin Radiol. 2000;55:946-53.
21. Fernández Guerrero ML, Aguado JM, Arribas A, Lumbreras C, de Gorgolas M. The spectrum of cardiovascular infections due to Salmonella enterica: a review of clinical features and factors determining outcome. Medicine (Baltimore). 2004;83:123-38.
22. Nielsen H, Gradel KO, Schønheyder HC. High incidence of intravascular focus in nontyphoid Salmonella bacteremia in the age group above 50 years: a population-based study. APMIS. 2006;114:641-5.
23. Chong MY, Chan KW, Cheng AT. Substance use disorders among adolescents in Taiwan: prevalence, sociodemographic correlates and psychiatric co-morbidity. Psychol Med. 1999;29:1387-96.
24. Cinà CS, Arena GO, Fiture AO, Clase CM, Doobay B. Ruptured mycotic thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a report of three cases and a systematic review. J Vasc Surg. 2001;33:861-7.
25. Ko WC, Paterson DL, Sagnimeni AJ, Hansen DS, Von Gottberg A, Mohapatra S, et al. Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: global differences in clinical patterns. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002;8:160-6.
26. Wang JH, Liu YC, Lee SS, Yen MY, Chen YS, Wang JH, et al. Primary liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan. Clin Infect Dis. 1998;26:1434-8.
27. Chang SC, Fang CT, Hsueh PR, Chen YC, Luh KT. Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates causing liver abscess in Taiwan. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2000;37:279-84.
28. Lee CH, Leu HS, Wu TS, Su LH, Liu JW. Risk factors for spontaneous rupture of liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005;52:79-84.
29. Lee CH, Hu TH, Liu JW. Splenic abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae and non-Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan: emphasizing risk factors for acquisition of Klebsiella pneumoniae splenic abscess. Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37:905-9.