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Porcine Model of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Published on: November 21, 2019
[Infrarenal aortic pseudo-aneurism due to Coxiella burnetii]
A Paumier1, J Penard, E Maugin
1Service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire et thoracique, centre hospitalier universitaire, 4, rue Larrey, 49033 Angers cedex 01, France.
Abstract:
Peripheral vascular expressions of Coxiella burnetti Q fever are not well known. Endocarditis with negative blood culture is the most frequent clinical presentation of chronic Q fever. To date, very few cases of aneurisms or vascular grafts infections have been described. We report the case of a 54-year-old man who presented an infrarenal abdominal aorta infection, leading to a giant pseudo aneurismal formation. Blood serology and polymerase chain reaction amplification identified C. burnetti from the aortic thrombus after pseudo aneurism surgery. The treatment associated infrarenal abdominal aorta repair using a cryopreserved aorta allograft, and long-term antibiotic therapy.
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