Treatment options for primary infected aorta.
A 71-year-old man, with a history of anterior-perineal bowel resection for previous malignancy, presented with a septic picture and back pain. Investigations revealed a primary infected aorta. At laparotomy an ileocolic tumor was also discovered and resected. Blood cultures prior to the operation were positive for Escherichia coli, and Enterococcus faecium was cultured from the actual aorta.
Taylor
Claire Fraser
CF
Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker St, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2031.
Lennox
Andrew Ferris
AF
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents