Mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm infected by Vibrio mimicus: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-143

  Skandalos, Ioannis ^a,b   Christou, Konstantinos ^a   Psilas, Anastasios ^a   Moskophidis, Mattheus ^a   Karamoschos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Infection; Mycotic aneurysm; Vibrio mimicus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFUROXIME; DACRON; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOCYTE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THROMBOCYTE; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

EID: 59849128182     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-008-3808-5     Document Type: Article

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