title: Infective abdominal aortitis due toCampylobacter fetusbacteremia: A case report and review of literature.
abstract: Infectious aortitis (IA) is a rare but life-threatening condition, and most commonly affects the abdominal aorta or thoracic aorta. Various microorganisms have been associated with infectious thoracic aortitis, most commonlyStaphylococcus, Enterococcus, Streptococcus, andSalmonella species. Campylobacter fetus(C. fetus) has been seen as a cause of infective aortitis only in a few case reports. We report a rare case of infective aortitis of the abdominal aorta caused due toC. fetusbacteremia. WhileC. fetusinfections usually occur in patients with immunosuppression, such as malignancy, or those with diabetes mellitus, but our patient was not immunocompromised. Furthermore, the IA occurred in the absence of an aortic aneurysm, unlike its usual presentation. Thus, it is extremely important to establish an early diagnosis of IA and find out the causative organism for appropriate medical treatment, because this condition is potentially life threatening.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Abhinav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Rutuja R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Sikachi
keywords: Aortitis; abdominal aorta; aortic aneurysm; campylobacter fetus