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[Primary bacterial infection of an artery]
K Tiesenhausen1, W Amann, M Thalhammer
1Klinische Abteilung für Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsklinik Graz.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift Fur Alle Gebiete Der Operativen Medizen
|November 7, 1999
Abstract
Introduction:
Primary bacterial infection of an artery is difficult to diagnose, especially at the beginning of the illness. Most of the patients come for emergency treatment in the phase of rupture.
Methods:
The course of illness in four patients serves as background for discussion of the problems of diagnosis and therapy.
Results:
Bacterial infection of arteries shows a high rate of complications and, for the aorta, high mortality.
Conclusion:
If fever of uncertain origin is combined with pain of the stomach or of the back, or with a painful reddish swelling on a limb, this rare disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis.