Author(s)

Richard Raghoo^1*, Marleen J. Noeverman², Ronald Hoekstra², Rob Geelkerken³, Goos D. Laverman²

¹Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Leiden, Netherlands.
²2ZGT Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Almelo, Netherlands.
²ZGT Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Almelo, Netherlands.
³MST Hospital, Department of Vascular Surgery, Enschede, Netherlands.

A 68-year-old man who presented with periodic fever and generalized weakness was diagnosed with Enterococcus faecalis bacteraemia from an infected abdominal aneurysm. The aneurysm was new: aortic dilatation was absent a year before. In such patients the diagnosis “microbial aortitis” is more appropriate than “mycotic aneurysm”. We discuss the pathophysiology, epidemiology, prognosis and treatment of this condition.

Mycotic Aneurysm, Potential Diagnostic Clues, Enterococcus, Crawford-Procedure

Raghoo, R. , Noeverman, M. , Hoekstra, R. , Geelkerken, R. and Laverman, G. (2014) Microbial Aortitis with Aneurysm Formation. World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 4, 181-185. doi: 10.4236/wjcs.2014.411026.