Endovascular management of infected abdominal aortic aneurysm caused by Brucella infection

Chirurgia

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 307-309

  Park, U Jun ^a   Cho, W Hyun ^a   Choi, J Soo ^a   Kim, H Tae ^a  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Brucellosis; Endovascular treatment

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACKACHE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTED ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; RELAPSE; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; STENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79955005700     PISSN: 03949508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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