Recurrent mycotic aneurysm in a 2-year-old boy with group A Streptococcus bacteremia

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Oct;31(10):1080-2. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826154c5.

Abstract

Mycotic aneurysms represent less than 1% of all reported aneurysms, most of which occur in adults. We present the case of a 2-year-old boy with Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia and a recurrent mycotic aneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Infected / complications*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / pathology
  • Bacteremia / complications*
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Bacteremia / pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Recurrence
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / pathology
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*