Capnocytophaga canimorsus prosthetic aortitis in an HIV-positive woman

Mathieu Rougemont; Osman Ratib; Joëlle Wintsch; Jacques Schrenzel; Bernard Hirschel

doi:10.1128/JCM.00321-13

Capnocytophaga canimorsus prosthetic aortitis in an HIV-positive woman

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Aug;51(8):2769-71. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00321-13. Epub 2013 May 22.

Authors

Mathieu Rougemont¹, Osman Ratib, Joëlle Wintsch, Jacques Schrenzel, Bernard Hirschel

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. mathieu.rougemont@hcuge.ch

Abstract

A 49-year-old woman with a 15-year history of HIV-hepatitis C virus coinfection had aortic valve and ascending aorta replacement in 2007. She presented with abdominal pain, episodic diarrhea, and profuse sweating in 2010. Thoracoabdominal positron emission tomography-computed tomography finally suggested infectious aortitis, a diagnosis confirmed by a blood culture positive for Capnocytophaga canimorsus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta / pathology
Aortitis / diagnosis*
Aortitis / microbiology*
Aortitis / pathology
Capnocytophaga / isolation & purification*
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
HIV Infections / complications
Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications
Humans
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / pathology
Radiography, Abdominal
Radiography, Thoracic