Nocardia Asteroides aortitis with perforation of the aorta

Pat A. Allevato; John F. Eisses; Eugene Mezger; Evelyn J. Fisher; Donald A. Romig; Azorides R. Morales

doi:10.1016/S0046-8177(85)80163-5

Nocardia Asteroides aortitis with perforation of the aorta

Pat A. Allevato, John F. Eisses, Eugene Mezger, Evelyn J. Fisher, Donald A. Romig, Azorides R. Morales

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Abstract

A 53-year-old man died of nocardial aortitis eight months after undergoing aortic valve replacement. Autopsy revealed vegetation in the area of a previous aortotomy incision and a small perforation of the aorta enclosed by pericardium immediately above the prosthetic valve ring. Prosthetic valve endocarditis was not present. Multiple splenic infarcts, microabscesses of both kidneys, and myocarditis were identified. Antemortem blood cultures and postmortem cultures of the aortic vegetation grew Nocardia asteroides.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	743-746
Number of pages	4
Journal	Human pathology
Volume	16
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0046-8177(85)80163-5
State	Published - Jul 1985

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Nocardia Asteroides aortitis with perforation of the aorta

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