Article ; Online: Infectious native aortic aneurysm with negative blood cultures: do not forget the pneumococcal urinary antigen test!
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica
2023 Volume 131, Issue 3, Page(s) 125–127
Abstract: Infectious native aortic aneurysm (INAA) are rare but life-threatening infections. Early microbiological identification is crucial to initiate adequate therapy and decrease the peri-operative risk, but can be challenging when blood cultures remain ... ...
| Abstract | Infectious native aortic aneurysm (INAA) are rare but life-threatening infections. Early microbiological identification is crucial to initiate adequate therapy and decrease the peri-operative risk, but can be challenging when blood cultures remain negative. We describe two cases of pneumococcal INAA with negative blood cultures, diagnosed in the with the pneumococcal urinary antigen test. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Blood Culture ; Streptococcus pneumoniae ; Pneumococcal Infections/diagnosis ; Pneumococcal Infections/microbiology ; Pneumococcal Infections/surgery ; Aortic Aneurysm/drug therapy ; Communicable Diseases/drug therapy ; Antigens, Bacterial/urine | |||||
| Chemical Substances | Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Antigens, Bacterial | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2023-01-26 | |||||
| Publishing country | Denmark | |||||
| Document type | Case Reports | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 93340-5 | |||||
| ISSN | 1600-0463 ; 0903-4641 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1600-0463 | |||||
| ISSN | 0903-4641 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1111/apm.13287 | |||||
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