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Review
. 2014 Feb;41(2):111-3.
doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000079.

Gonococcal aneurysm of the ascending aorta: case report and review of Neisseria gonorrhoeae endovascular infections

Samuel Markowicz  1 , James Richards Anstey, Maya Hites, Isabel Montesinos, Sandrine Roisin, Caroline Keyzer, Frederique Jacobs
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Gonococcal aneurysm of the ascending aorta: case report and review of Neisseria gonorrhoeae endovascular infections

Samuel Markowicz et al. Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

We present the case of a man with a bicuspid aortic valve who presented with persistent fever. Blood cultures yielded Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and the diagnosis of infected mycotic aneurysm was confirmed by detection of the bacterial genome in the aortic wall. The patient was cured with surgery and intravenous ceftriaxone.

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