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IDCases
; 5: 60-2, 2016.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27516965
ABSTRACT
An infected aortic aneurysm is a process with high mortality rate. Survival is dependent on an early diagnosis and surgical management. This case report details a rare presentation of aortitis with persistent methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia, which initially presented as retroperitoneal fibrosis and was ultimately fatal.