title: Mycotic axillary artery aneurysm.
abstract: Mycotic axillary aneurysms, not commonly encountered today, are generally the consequence of arterial trauma. A case of an axillary aneurysm secondary to a septic embolus from valvular vegetations in an intravenous drug abuser was studied. The case is reminiscent of those sporadically reported cases of the preanitibiotic era.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, the Toronto Hospital Vascular Center, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jhirad
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kalman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*