Clinical problem-solving. A stitch in time--a 64-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease was admitted to the hospital with a several-month history of fevers, chills, and fatigue

N Engl J Med. 2007 Sep 6;357(10):1029-34. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcps062601.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aorta, Abdominal / surgery
  • Bacteremia / complications
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / microbiology
  • Candidiasis / diagnosis
  • Chills / etiology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Duodenal Diseases / complications
  • Duodenal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Femoral Artery / surgery
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / complications
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / complications
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / surgery
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / complications
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Stents
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Vascular Fistula / complications
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents