Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Infection With Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Rare Cause of Mycotic Aneurysm

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• 作者：Jonathan Dick ; Alok Tiwari ; Jay Menon ; George Hamilton
• 刊名：Annals of Vascular Surgery
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：July 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：24
• 期：5
• 页码：692.e1-692.e4
• 全文大小：399 K

文摘

Infection is a cause of rapidly enlarging aortic aneurysms. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an uncommon pathogen affecting blood vessels and has mainly been seen following invasive procedures in immunosuppressed patients. Pseudomonas aortitis has a high mortality. We describe a case of a rapidly enlarging juxta-renal aortic aneurysm in an immunocompetent patient who was treated with open surgery. In this patient, intra-operative specimens revealed infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The patient received a long course of antibiotics and remains well at 8 months postsurgery.