title: Capnocytophaga canimorsus prosthetic aortitis in an HIV-positive woman.
abstract: A 49-year-old woman with a 15-year history of HIV-hepatitis C virus coinfection had aortic valve and ascending aorta replacement in 2007. She presented with abdominal pain, episodic diarrhea, and profuse sweating in 2010. Thoracoabdominal positron emission tomography-computed tomography finally suggested infectious aortitis, a diagnosis confirmed by a blood culture positive for Capnocytophaga canimorsus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. mathieu.rougemont@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rougemont
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ratib
authors.forename: Joëlle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wintsch
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schrenzel
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hirschel
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001025:Aortitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002206:Capnocytophaga / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic