title: Candida infection with aneurysm formation in the juxtarenal aorta.
abstract: We report a case of an elderly patient with diabetes with calcific aortic atherosclerosis in whom a juxtarenal aortic aneurysm developed after Candida fungemia. Our approach included extra-anatomic reconstruction of the lower extremities, hepatorenal arterial bypass of the right kidney, retroperitoneal excision of the infected aortic segment, intravenous administration of amphotericin B after operation, and lifetime suppression of Candida organisms with oral antifungal therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: German
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male