Repeated embolic stroke from an infected aortic arch graft with transesophageal echocardiography-documented mobile vegetation

Arch Neurol. 2009 Sep;66(9):1168-9. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.187.

Authors

Masaki Naganuma¹, Kazunori Toyoda, Masatoshi Koga, Hiroyuki Kawano, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kazuo Minematsu

Affiliation

¹ Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan. naika-naganuma@kumamotoh.rofuku.go.jp

PMID: 19752310
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.187

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acetamides / therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / microbiology*
Aorta, Thoracic / transplantation*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Brain / pathology
Brain / physiopathology
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Echocardiography / methods
Humans
Intracranial Embolism / microbiology*
Intracranial Embolism / physiopathology
Linezolid
Male
Middle Aged
Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use
Positron-Emission Tomography
Recurrence
Staphylococcal Infections / complications
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcus aureus
Stroke / microbiology*
Stroke / pathology
Stroke / physiopathology
Surgical Wound Infection / complications*
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnostic imaging
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
Transplants / adverse effects*
Transplants / microbiology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Acetamides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Oxazolidinones
Linezolid