Schwartz Danielle, McCarville Donald, Wong Alexander
Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CAN.
Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, CAN.
Cureus. 2021 Mar 15;13(3):e13899. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13899.
is a bacterium common in equine species and an uncommon pathogen in humans. Reported human infections can be severe and include meningitis, septic arthritis, and endocarditis. We report the case of a 64-year-old male who with several months of constitutional symptoms, back pain, and abdominal pain. Imaging demonstrated a large abdominal aortic aneurysm with a contained retroperitoneal rupture, with cultures from the aneurysm and blood cultures both positive for . The patient was successfully treated with open repair and placement of a Dacron graft and intravenous antibiotics and will remain on lifelong antibiotic prophylaxis.
是一种在马属动物中常见的细菌，在人类中是一种罕见的病原体。报告的人类感染可能很严重，包括脑膜炎、化脓性关节炎和心内膜炎。我们报告了一例64岁男性病例，该患者有几个月的全身症状、背痛和腹痛。影像学检查显示一个巨大的腹主动脉瘤伴局限性腹膜后破裂，动脉瘤培养物和血培养物均对 呈阳性。患者通过开放修复、植入涤纶移植物和静脉使用抗生素成功治疗，并将终身接受抗生素预防性治疗。
