Bacteremia due to streptococcus zooepidemicus associated with an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Group C streptococci are a common cause of infection in animals but a rare cause of infection in man. To our knowledge, the English literature contains only three cases of arteriosclerotic aneurysms of the abdominal aorta (AAA) secondarily infected with group C Beta-hemolytic Streptococci. Two cases did not survive in spite of adequate antibiotic therapy. One patient responded to aortic repair with a bifurcated woven dacron graft followed by four weeks of high-dose intravenous penicillin. This article describes our clinical experience with a patient who survived an atherosclerotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and S. zooepidemicus infection.
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Department of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents