Are patients with POEMS syndrome at increased risk of Salmonella aortitis?

Jooyun Lee; Shirish Huprikar; Stephen G. Jenkins

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.07.011

Are patients with POEMS syndrome at increased risk of Salmonella aortitis?

Jooyun Lee, Shirish Huprikar, Stephen G. Jenkins

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Abstract

We report a case of Salmonella infectious aortitis in a patient with POEMS (peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes) syndrome, possibly indicating that vasculopathy associated with POEMS syndrome may increase the risk of Salmonella endovascular infection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e97-e99
Journal	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2008.07.011
State	Published - May 2009

Keywords

Aneurysm
Infectious aortitis
Non-typhoidal Salmonella
POEMS syndrome

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abstract = "We report a case of Salmonella infectious aortitis in a patient with POEMS (peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes) syndrome, possibly indicating that vasculopathy associated with POEMS syndrome may increase the risk of Salmonella endovascular infection.",

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