Mycotic aneurysm of the internal iliac artery caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Mycotic aneurysms are rarely caused by Klebsiella species. We describe a male patient with diabetes mellitus and alcoholism who developed a mycotic aneurysm of the right internal iliac artery complicated by the formation of a false aneurysm. Klebsiella pneumoniae was cultured from arterial blood. An extra-anatomic bypass (left external iliac artery to right common femoral artery) was performed with a successful excision of the aneurysm.
Tatebe
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Niigata City General Hospital, Japan.
Kanazawa
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Yamazaki
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Aoki
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Sakurai
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D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed