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Infectious Aortitis due to Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

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Infectious aortitis is uncommon and typically affects elderly immunocompromised men, with a Salmonella or Staphylococcal infection of an atheromatous or aneurysmal aorta. We present a fit young man who developed infectious aortitis with peripheral embolization due to a penicillinresistant Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia. (Ann Vasc Surg 1997; 11:533–535.)

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  1. Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, UBC Pavilions, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Canada

    Alexander C. Maclennan

  2. Department of Vascular Surgery, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, UBC Pavilions, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Canada

    D. Lynn Doyle

  3. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, UBC Pavilions, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Canada

    Stephen L. Sacks

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Maclennan, A., Doyle, D. & Sacks, S. Infectious Aortitis due to Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae . Annals of Vascular Surgery 11, 533–535 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100169900086

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