Recurrent mycotic aneurysm in a 2-year-old boy with group A Streptococcus bacteremia.
Mycotic aneurysms represent less than 1% of all reported aneurysms, most of which occur in adults. We present the case of a 2-year-old boy with Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia and a recurrent mycotic aneurysm.
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics, Creighton University School of Medicine, 601 North 30th Street, Suite 6814 Omaha, NE 68131, USA. achatter@creighton.edu
Michelle A
MA
Hoffman
Allison K
AK
Ramey
James
J
Hammel
Edward
E
Truemper
Shelby
S
Kutty
Archana
A
Chatterjee
D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012008:Recurrence; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*