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dc.contributor.author | Gatt, Kelly | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ellul, Pierre | - |
dc.contributor.author | Schembri, John | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-27T14:22:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-27T14:22:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Gatt, K., Ellul, P., & Schembri, J. (2020). Multiorganism sepsis secondary to enteric aorto-iliac graft fistulation. BMJ Case Reports CP, 13(5), e234936. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120353 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A woman in her early 70s with a history of infrarenal aortic endarterectomy and aorto-bi-iliac Dacron grafting 4 years before presented with recurrent septicaemias, occasionally polymicrobial and caused by a wide variety of organisms. After treatment for her sixth bacteraemia, enteroscopy showed a small area of ulceration with synthetic graft material protruding into the distal duodenal lumen. This was followed by positron emission tomography/CT, which showed mild increase in tracer uptake in the same region localised by a previously placed haemoclip. Despite urgent vascular surgery to repair the duodenal fistulas and replace the grafts, the patient passed away. Our patient posed a diagnostic challenge due to repeated imaging studies of different modalities and routine endoscopy failing to show a source of sepsis. It is unique due to the variety of organisms cultured as a result of the enteric fistula. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BMJ Group | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Septicemia | en_GB |
dc.subject | Enteroscopy | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fistula | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bacteremia | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tomography | en_GB |
dc.title | Multiorganism sepsis secondary to enteric aorto-iliac graft fistulation | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bcr-2020-234936 | - |
dc.publication.title | BMJ Case Reports CP | en_GB |
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