BACKGROUND Bacterial meningitis complicated by thrombosis, vasculitis, and aneurysm formation affecting both small and distal branches of cerebral vessels has been well described. Involvement of major cerebral vessels is rare and has only been documented late in the course of disease. CASE DESCRIPTION We describe the clinical and pathological findings in a young man who presented with pontine...

Background: Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) and inflammatory aneurysm of the abdominal aorta (IAAA) are regarded as two manifestations of the same disease, termed ‘‘chronic periaortitis’’. Objective: To determine the optimal therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to IAAA. Methods: The outcome of medical immunosuppressive and surgical treatment of 20 patients was examined. Measurements of the C re...

INTRODUCTION Melioidosis is a rapidly fatal infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, an agent of potential biothreat, endemic in several parts of India. Most melioidosis-induced infected aneurysms are located in the abdominal or thoracic aorta. CASE PRESENTATION We reported two unusual cases of melioidosis resulting in pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. In both ca...

BACKGROUND Infection by Enterococcus durans (E. durans) is very rare; reported cases are often preceded by therapy or an immunosuppressed state, including infective endocarditis, urinary tract infection, or wound infection. A few reported cases of infective endocarditis exist, with no reports describing involvement of blood access infection. CASE PRESENTATION The patient is an 83-year-old man...

When clinically apparent, infected aneurysms are often at an advanced stage of development or are associated with complications such as rupture. Nontreatment or delayed treatment of infected aneurysms has a poor outcome, due to fulminant sepsis or haemorrhage. Multi-detector computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have replaced conventional angiography as minimally invasive technique...

A 24-year-old Croatian soldier sustained a comminuted fracture of the femur and after stabilization with AO external fixation an infected late false aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery developed. The aneurysm was extirpated and the artery reconstructed using the saphenous vein.

Introduction: A case report of direct vancomycin irrigation as management of retroperitoneal abscess following removal of infected aortic graft. Case Report: A 63-yearold man presented nine years following aortic aneurysm repair with recurrence of aneurysm. At re-operation, aortic graft infection was diagnosed and managed with graft excision, debridement, axillo-bifemoral bypass and prolonged s...