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Case Reports
. 2006 Sep;44(9):3457-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00486-06.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm infected by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Tahar Hadou  1 , Mazen Elfarra, Corentine Alauzet, Françoise Guinet, Alain Lozniewski, Christine Lion
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Case Reports

Abdominal aortic aneurysm infected by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Tahar Hadou et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Sep.

Abstract

Infected aneurysms caused by Yersinia are very uncommon and are principally due to Yersinia enterocolitica. We describe the first case of an infected aneurysm caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in an elderly patient with a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Phagocyte-associated Y. pseudotuberculosis. Immunohistochemical staining was performed with a specific antibody for Y. pseudotuberculosis type I. Stained bacteria appear reddish (Envision System HRP) among hemalun-stained blue phagocytic cells. A partial view of an inflammatory focus of a lymph node composed of a core of polynuclear phagocytes (lower half of the photograph) surrounded by macrophages (upper half) is shown. Bar, 25 μm. (Inset) closer view of bacteria associated with phagocytes (arrowheads). Bar, 10 μm.
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