title: Clinical problem-solving. A stitch in time--a 64-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease was admitted to the hospital with a several-month history of fevers, chills, and fatigue.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. christopher.graber@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Graber
authors.forename: Adam S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lauring
authors.forename: Peter V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Chin-Hong
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D023341:Chills / Q000209:etiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015607:Stents; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*