[Salmonella aortitis in an elderly patient : clinical case and review of the literature].

Gastroenteritis due to non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is usually considered as a benign infection. NTS can nevertheless cause severe diseases with high mortality. Invasive NTS infections may present as bacteremia without other manifestations, particularly in immunocompromised hosts.

[Diagnosis of tuberculous arthritis : a sometimes long and winding road].

Extraspinal tuberculous arthritis is a rare entity in developed countries, mostly found in populations of migrants. We describe a case of foot osteoarthritis in a young migrant, with an arduous diagnostic process. The sequence of the diagnostic studies (imaging, articular tap, bone biopsy together with cultures and molecular biology) must follow a logic based on clinical suspicion and on the knowledge of the diagnostic values of different tests.

[ aortitis : case report and update on infectious aortitis].

A case of Clostridium septicum aortitis is reported. The patient did not present any colon tumor. She died in spite of surgery and i.

[Retroperitoneal fibrosis: a rare cause of postrenal kidney failure, no to be missed].

We report the observation of a fifty years old man, admitted in the emergency room for bilateral lumbar pain and hyperkaliemic metabolic acidosis, and postrenal kidney failure induced by bilateral hydronephrosis. Radiographic exploration and histologic studies of biopsy confirmed an idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis that clinically and biologicaly responded to three seances of hemodialysis, and insertion in each uretere of one double J stent, and long term corticotherapy. The retroperitoneal fibrosis is a little common inflammatory disease, characterized by the development of a fibrous mass around the retroperitoneal structures.

D-dimers in the emergency department evaluation of aortic dissection.

Unlabelled: Aortic dissection (AD) is the most common acute aortic condition requiring urgent surgery. AD, if not diagnosed in the emergency department (ED), is frequently fatal. AD is a difficult antemortem diagnosis.