Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Aorta / pathology
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Aortitis / diagnosis*
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Aortitis / microbiology*
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Aortitis / pathology
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Capnocytophaga / isolation & purification*
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Female
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
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HIV Infections / complications
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Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
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Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
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Prosthesis-Related Infections / pathology
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Radiography, Abdominal
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Radiography, Thoracic