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Infectious Thoracic Aortitis: A Case Report
| Chemchik H1*, Achèche W1, Amara A1, Abidi S1, Kotas C2, Alimi F2 and Said R1 | ||
| 1Departement of Anesthesiology, Sahloul University Hospîtal, Sousse, Tunisia | ||
| 2Cardiothoracic Surgery Departement, Sahloul University Hospîtal, Sousse, Tunisia | ||
| Corresponding Author : | Heithem Chemchik Anesthesiology Departement, Sahloul University Hospital Route de ceinture, 4054, Sousse, Tunisia Tel: +216 25 575 676 E-mail: heithem_1@yahoo.fr |
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| Received July 24, 2014; Accepted November 21, 2014; Published November 28, 2014 | ||
| Citation: Chemchik H, Achèche W, Amara A, Abidi S, Kotas C, et al. (2014) Infectious Thoracic Aortitis: A Case Report. J Infect Dis Ther 2:186. doi: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000186 | ||
| Copyright: © 2014 Chemchik H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
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Abstract
Aortitis is a term that refers to infectious or noninfectious conditions in which there is abnormal inflammation of the aortic wall. Here we report the case of a 32 years old woman who presented a diabetic Ketoacidosis. The thoraco abdominal CT scan showed endoluminal defect of the thoracic aorta with splenic and reanl infarction. Transesophageal echocardiogram showed a normal aortic and mitral valve and an obstructive vegetation linning the aortic wall. Blood culture were negative, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was isolated. The patient died after surgery (vegetectomy).
