Unusual cause of septic pulmonary emboli: Infected iliac aneurysm with suppurative thrombophlebitis

Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Oct;37(10):1992.e5-1992.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.07.004. Epub 2019 Jul 2.

Authors

Keisuke Maeda¹, Toshihisa Ichiba², Masako Hata², Tomohiro Taniguchi³, Kazunori Seo², Hiroshi Naitou²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Japan.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Japan.

PMID: 31320213
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.07.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Infected arterial aneurysm; Septic pulmonary emboli; Suppurative thrombophlebitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Back Pain
Electrocardiography
Fever
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / complications
Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
Male
Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
Pulmonary Embolism / microbiology*
Sepsis / complications
Sepsis / drug therapy
Sepsis / microbiology*
Thrombophlebitis / complications
Thrombophlebitis / drug therapy
Thrombophlebitis / microbiology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents