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- Title
Multiple mycotic hepatic and splenic artery aneurysms in a patient with pneumococcal pneumonia: a case report with a review of the literature.
- Authors
Honda, Kojiro; Saraya, Takeshi; Yokoyama, Takuma; Goto, Hajime; Takizawa, Hajime
- Abstract
Key Clinical Message It is well-known that the major organisms for mycotic aneurysms are Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp but is extremely rare in Streptococcus pneumoniae in postantibiotic era. We demonstrated the first case with multiple mycotic aneurysms simultaneously generated in the splenic and hepatic arteries in a patient with pneumococcal pneumonia.
- Subjects
PNEUMOCOCCAL pneumonia; SPLENIC artery; HEPATIC artery; ANEURYSM diagnosis; DIAGNOSIS; MYCOSES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus infections; PATIENTS; DISEASES
- Publication
Clinical Case Reports, 2015, Vol 3, Issue 10, p891
- ISSN
2050-0904
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ccr3.369