Staphylococcus aureus aortitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis: A case report and literature review

An infected aortic aneurysm is a process with high mortality rate. Survival is dependent on an early diagnosis and surgical management. This case report details a rare presentation of aortitis with persistent methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia, which initially presented as...

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Main Authors: Yague, Marta, Temprano, Ignacio, Losa, Juan, De Benito, Luis, De La Cruz, Raul, Cheyne, Natalie, Henriquez, Cesar
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976606/