The authors present a case of a 66 year-old woman with a dissection and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm after Salmonella dublin septicemia. Endovascular infection and rupture of atherosclerotic aneurysm is a substantial risk in patients older than 50 years of age who have bacteremia or sepsis due to Salmonella sp. The high mortality is the resultant of Salmonella aortitis due either to septicemia or rupture. Tissue anywhere may be seeded, but damage tissues appear to be particularly susceptible to abscess and chronic destructive lesions. The significance of early diagnosis to decrease the fatal outcome is discussed.
abdominal aortic aneurysm; abdominal aortic aneurysm; abdominal aortic aneurysms