title: Propensity of Streptococcus pneumoniae for the aorta. Report of 3 cases.
abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae was the unsuspected cause of a ruptured aortic aneurysm in 3 patients, as confirmed by culture of specimens obtained during surgery. A 60-y-old woman had a recently diagnosed saccular aortic aneurysm and presented with symptoms indicating a vascular catastrophe. A 66-y-old man and a 69-y-old woman were both admitted with pyrexia and abdominal pain and proper diagnosis was delayed for 4 and 15 d, respectively. All 3 patients were treated with graft insertion and antibiotic therapy for 3 months and recovered fully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark. tas2@mail.tele.dk
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Steig
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Johannesen
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Schønheyder
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification