title: Medical treatment of a Salmonella-infected left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: a case report.
abstract: Here, we present a case of Salmonella infection in a post-myocardial infarction patient with a left ventricular aneurysm and mural thrombus. This is a rare case that was successfully treated with medicinal therapy alone. Our experience with this case documents the early spontaneous drainage of the myocardial abscess by 8 weeks of antibiotic therapy under serial two- and three-dimensional echocardiography to monitor the clinical outcomes and guide the decision-making process. This approach may be a viable alternative for intolerant, high-risk surgical aneurysmectomy patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Teng-Hung
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Wei-Chin
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Cheng-An
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Chao-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology