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From kreatophagia to infectious aortitis Open Access

Abstract

Introduction

subsp. has been reported to have vascular tropism.

Case presentation:

subsp. aortitis was found in an 82‐year‐old woman who had already undergone aortic valve replacement. The diagnosis was confirmed by positive blood cultures, transoesophageal echocardiography and a positron emission tomography scan.

Conclusion:

We report the first case, to the best of our knowledge, of aortitis on a native ascending aorta caused by subsp. and confirm the vascular tropism of these bacteria. The origin of the infection was supposedly raw meat ingestion (kreatophagia).

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Keyword(s): aortitis , Campylobacter fetus and mycotic aneurysm
© 2014 The Authors
  • This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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2025-11-19

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From kreatophagia to infectious aortitis
JMM Case Rep 1, e002089 (2014); https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.002089
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