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ABDOMINAL AORTIC INFECTION BY A GROUP C STREPTOCOCCUS (S ZOOEPIDEMICUS)
Author(s) -
WONG JOHN,
CHAU P. Y.,
WEI W. I.,
ONG G. B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1982.tb06115.x
Subject(s) - medicine , streptococcus , abdominal aorta , organism , group b , group a , aorta , streptococcus equi , aortic aneurysm , abdominal aortic aneurysm , microbiology and biotechnology , aneurysm , surgery , bacteria , biology , paleontology , genetics
Two patients with a group C Streptococcus (S zooepidemicus) infection of the abdominal aorta associated with an aneurysm are reported. Clinical infection by this organism is extremely rare and this report documents the first two proven patients with aortic infection by this organism. One patient was successfully treated.