Yersinia enterocolitica in Italy: A Case of Septicemia and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Infection

Yersinia enterocolitica in Italy: A Case of Septicemia and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Infection

We report a case of Yersinia enterocolitica septicemia in a 63-year-old patient admitted to the Vascular Surgery Department of Umberto I Hospital (Rome, Italy) for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The microorganism, recovered from both peripheral blood cultures and aneurysmatic aortic wall specimens, w...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Donatella M. Rodio, Alessia Bressan, Cecilia Ambrosi, Daniela Scribano, Rita Tolli, Wassim Mansour, Francesco Speziale, Guido Antonelli, Maria Trancassini, Valeria Pietropaolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
Yersinia enterocolitica
septicemia
aortic aneurysm
serogroup O:9
virulence factors
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00156/full

Internet

https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00156/full

Similar Items