title: Mycotic aneurysm after aortic bifurcation prosthesis.
abstract: Fever in the presence of an intravascular graft will focus the clinical investigation on an infection of this graft. This case report describes an uncommon cause of fever in a 75-year-old patient, namely a mycotic aneurysm of the aortic stump.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kennemer Gasthuis, Haarlem, Netherlands.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galema
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Overbosch
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Schrander-van der Meer
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Brom
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roggeveen
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: van Dorp
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents