Abdominal aortic aneurysm infected by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Infected aneurysms caused by Yersinia are very uncommon and are principally due to Yersinia enterocolitica. We describe the first case of an infected aneurysm caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in an elderly patient with a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Hadou
Tahar
T
Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Central, CHU, 29, Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54035 Nancy Cedex, France.
Elfarra
Mazen
M
Alauzet
Corentine
C
Guinet
Françoise
F
Lozniewski
Alain
A
Lion
Christine
C
D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000382:microbiology*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000382:microbiology*