Abstract
In the past 15 years, the diagnosis of mycotic abdominal aneurysm (MAA) has been based on various combination of the following 4 criteria; (1) clinical presentation (pain, fever, elderly patient with cardiovascular disease, and/or immunosuppressive state); (2) laboratory findings (raised inflammatory parameters and positive culture); (3) radiological findings on CT or MRI; (4) Intraoperative finings. The mortality of patients with mycotic abdominal aneurysm (MAA) is high and infection by Salmonella species is the most common.
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