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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Enteric fistulous communication with an aortobifemoral graft permitting for Eggerthella lenta colonization
Waqas Jehangir1, Federico Sanabria2, Zorawar Singh2, Souad Enakuaa1, Kebir Hammed Bedran1, Nazar Raoof1, Abdalla Yousif1
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
2 Ross University School of Medicine, Portsmouth, Dominica, USA
Correspondence Address:
Waqas Jehangir
Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.170506
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The presence of an aortoenteric fistula following aortobifemoral graft repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with a high probability of infection leading to clinically significant bacteremia. We report a case of an aortoenteric fistula that developed two years after initial aortic grafting resulting in colonization with the anaerobe, Eggerthella lenta. This dangerous bacterium is difficult to culture, associated with high mortality and the patient may have mild symptoms on presentation. |
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