Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm caused by Streptococcus

Int. J. Infect. Dis. · Nov 2013

Case Reports

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm caused by Streptococcus constellatus.

We report a rare case of mycotic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP) secondary to a lung abscess due to Streptococcus constellatus. PAP was confirmed by the pathological findings of the pseudoaneurysm, the presence of bacteria, and the microbiological analysis. PAP is uncommon, but it is important to recognize this condition because PAP can lead to fatal hemoptysis.

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- Yoshitomo Morinaga, Katsunori Yanagihara, Hiroshi Gyotoku, Kazuhiro Oshima, Koichi Izumikawa, Naoya Yamasaki, Hiroshi Kakeya, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Junya Fukuoka, Takeshi Nagayasu, and Shigeru Kohno.
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1, Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
- Int. J. Infect. Dis. 2013 Nov 1;17(11):e1064-6.
AbstractWe report a rare case of mycotic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP) secondary to a lung abscess due to Streptococcus constellatus. PAP was confirmed by the pathological findings of the pseudoaneurysm, the presence of bacteria, and the microbiological analysis. PAP is uncommon, but it is important to recognize this condition because PAP can lead to fatal hemoptysis.Copyright © 2013 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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