2018年4月
Helicobacter cinaedi-associated Carotid Arteritis.
Acta medica Okayama
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- 巻
- 72
- 号
- 2
- 開始ページ
- 189
- 終了ページ
- 192
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.18926/AMO/55861
A 65-year-old Japanese man with bilateral carotid atherosclerosis presented with right neck pain and fever. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography suggested carotid arteritis, and carotid ultrasonography showed an unstable plaque. The patient developed a cerebral embolism, causing a transient ischemic attack. Helicobacter cinaedi was detected in blood culture, and H. cinaedi-associated carotid arteritis was diagnosed. Empirical antibiotic therapy was administered for 6 weeks. After readmission for recurrent fever, he was treated another 8 weeks. Although the relationship between H. cinaedi infection and atherosclerosis development remains unclear, the atherosclerotic changes in our patient's carotid artery might have been attributable to H. cinaedi infection.
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.18926/AMO/55861
- ISSN : 0386-300X
- PubMed ID : 29674769