Mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch

Infection. 2000 Jul-Aug;28(4):240-2. doi: 10.1007/s150100070045.

Abstract

A 61-year-old diabetic woman presented with a mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch, also involving the left subclavian and vertebral arteries, caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Two months before, she had suffered from staphylococcal septic arthritis in her left knee. The patient was treated with antibiotics and an emergency operation was performed involving aneurysm excision and in situ synthetic graft replacement. She died on the fourth postoperative day from hemorrhagic shock.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology
  • Aneurysm, Infected / pathology*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / surgery
  • Aorta, Thoracic / microbiology*
  • Aorta, Thoracic / pathology
  • Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
  • Arthritis, Infectious
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Shock, Hemorrhagic / etiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / pathology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification