Salmonellosis Associated With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Edema of Lower Extremities: Case Report

Abstract

The incidence of infected aortic aneurysms with rupture can be expected to increase with the concomitant steady rise in the occurrence of both arteriosclerosis and salmonellosis.

Although large elastic arteries are extremely resistant to infection, pathologic changes in a vessel's wall may produce a suitable site for bacterial infection.

The authors report a case of salmonellosis associated with infection in an abdominal aortic aneurysm that, preceding rupture, apparently had produced the rare complication of obstruction of the inferior vena cava and subsequent edema of the lower extremities.

They also review the literature on salmonellosis, arteriosclerotic aneurysms, infection of aneurysms, and their complications.