title: [Primary bacterial aortitis].
abstract: Primary bacterial aortitis represents a rare disease with a high lethality. From June 1997 to April 1999 5 patients with an abdominal aortic infection were treated by resection of the infected aorta and in-situ reconstruction or by extra-anatomic bypass. There was no treatment in one case because of the infaust prognosis. 3 patients survived, one with a paraparesis as a result of spinal ischemia. On the basis of our patients the pathogenesis, clinical symptoms with diagnosis and the therapeutic options are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsklinik Graz.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tiesenhausen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Amann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thalhammer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001025:Aortitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011513:Proteus mirabilis; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates