TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ghimire, Rabindra 
AU  - Urban, Carl 
AU  - Lee, Andy 
AU  - Pokhrel, Ashna 
AU  - Wehbeh, Wehbeh 
AU  - Turett, Glenn 
PY  - 2015
TI  - Campylobacter Fetus Infection of the Aorta: A Case Report and Review of Literature
JF  - American Journal of Infectious Diseases
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.3844/ajidsp.2015.26.32
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajidsp.2015.26.32
AB  - Campylobacter is a gram negative bacterium that exhibits tissue tropism. We report a case of Campylobacter fetus bacteremia associated with infra-renal abdominal aortitis. The patient was a poor surgical candidate so she was initially treated only medically. Her course was complicated by the development of a pseudoaneurysm. An endovascular stent was placed and the patient was given 4 more weeks of antibiotics. The patient continues to do well several months after stent placement. This case illustrates the success of medical treatment combined with stent placement in a patient who could not undergo surgery for an infected abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm.