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AN INFECTED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM AND HEPATIC ABSCESSES DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI
Author(s) -
Low Robin D.,
Coventry Donald A.,
Spelman Denis
Publication year - 1992
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.1445-2197.1992.tb06950.x
Subject(s) - streptococcus milleri , medicine , abdominal aortic aneurysm , aneurysm , penicillin , surgery , streptococcus , abscess , aortic aneurysm , aortic root , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , aorta , bacteria , biology , genetics
The case of a 78 year old man who presented with fever and hepatic abscesses is reported. He was found to have an infected abdominal aortic aneurysm and the organism cultured was Streptococcus milleri. He was treated with an in situ Dacron graft and high‐dose intravenous penicillin. This may be suitable treatment when Gram‐positive organisms are involved and there is no gross peritoneal soiling.