Emphysematous Aortitis due to Clostridium septicum in an 89-Year-Old Female with Ileus

Emphysematous aortitis is a rare but lethal form of infectious vasculitis. This condition was found incidentally on computed tomography of the chest during the evaluation of a patient presenting with pneumonia coincident with adynamic ileus. The patient did not have a history of malignancy. While co...

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Published in:Case Rep Infect Dis
Main Authors: Urgiles, Susana, Matos-Casano, Harold, Win, Kyaw Zin, Berardo, Jeronimo, Bhatt, Utpal, Shah, Jilan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6732609/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31534806
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1094837
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