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Case Reports
. 1989 Mar;65(761):168-70.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.65.761.168.

False aneurysm formation after Salmonella virchow infection of a pre-existent ventricular aneurysm--survival after surgical resection

S Echevarria  1 , R Arjona, J Alonso, J A Riancho, J M Revuelta, J G Macias
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Case Reports

False aneurysm formation after Salmonella virchow infection of a pre-existent ventricular aneurysm--survival after surgical resection

S Echevarria et al. Postgrad Med J. 1989 Mar.

Abstract

A 55 year old man with a left ventricular aneurysm, secondary to a previous myocardial infarction, was hospitalized due to a Salmonella virchow bacteraemia. During a 3-week hospital course he was persistently bacteraemic and febrile despite antibiotic treatment. Gallium isotope scanning and 2-D-echocardiography were helpful in demonstrating the presence of an infected false aneurysm at the site of a true aneurysm. Surgical resection in addition to prolonged antibiotic therapy was necessary for cure.

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