[Salmonella C infection of aortic abdominal aneurysm].

The infected aneurysms of the aorta represent the 0.65% of all the aneurysms and they are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The vascular infections from Salmonella are not particularly frequent, even if in the last years their reports are more numerous. The authors report their experience in the surgical treatment of one case of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta infected by group C Salmonella, making a review of the Literature on this matter.