Successful Treatment of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia with Aortic Mycotic Aneurysm in a Patient with Prior Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Joint Authors
Shah, Kairav
Brauch, Rebecca
Cherabuddi, Kartikeya
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-02-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The clinical spectrum of Clostridium difficile infection can range from benign gastrointestinal colonization to mild diarrhea and life threatening conditions such as pseudomembranous colitis and toxic megacolon.
Extraintestinal manifestations of C.
difficile are rare.
Here, we report a patient with a history of an endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) presenting with an endovascular leak complicated by C.
difficile bacteremia and a mycotic aneurysm.
He was successfully treated with an explant of the EVAR, an aorto-left renal bypass, and aorto-bi-iliac bypass graft placement along with a six-week duration of intravenous vancomycin and oral metronidazole.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shah, Kairav& Brauch, Rebecca& Cherabuddi, Kartikeya. 2017. Successful Treatment of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia with Aortic Mycotic Aneurysm in a Patient with Prior Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146429
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shah, Kairav…[et al.]. Successful Treatment of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia with Aortic Mycotic Aneurysm in a Patient with Prior Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146429
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shah, Kairav& Brauch, Rebecca& Cherabuddi, Kartikeya. Successful Treatment of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia with Aortic Mycotic Aneurysm in a Patient with Prior Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146429
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1146429