Open AccessCapnocytophaga canimorsus Prosthetic Aortitis in an HIV-Positive Woman
Author(s) -
Mathieu Rougemont,
Osman Ratib,
Joëlle Wintsch,
Jacques Schrenzel,
Bernard Hirschel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00321-13
Subject(s) - aortitis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , capnocytophaga , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virology , bacteria , aorta , genetics
A 49-year-old woman with a 15-year history of HIV-hepatitis C virus coinfection had aortic valve and ascending aorta replacement in 2007. She presented with abdominal pain, episodic diarrhea, and profuse sweating in 2010. Thoracoabdominal positron emission tomography-computed tomography finally suggested infectious aortitis, a diagnosis confirmed by a blood culture positive for Capnocytophaga canimorsus.
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