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- Title
Infected Aortic Stent Graft With Propionibacterium acnes.
- Authors
Harlock, John Anthony; Qadura, Mohammad; Lee, George; Szalay, David A.
- Abstract
An infected aortic endograft is an uncommon event, and when it happens it can be of significant morbidity and mortality to the patient. We present here a case of a patient with an infected aortic endograft following percutaneous translumbar sac embolization for a type II endoleak leading to sac expansion. The cultured pathogen was Propionibacterium acnes, a commonly occurring skin bacterium that leads to the clinical condition “acne vulgaris.” The patient underwent graft explantation and reconstruction with autogenous femoral vein. To our knowledge, there are no previously published reports of aortic graft infections with P acnes.
- Subjects
FEMORAL vein; ABDOMINAL aortic aneurysms; BLOOD vessel prosthesis; GRAM-positive bacteria; INFECTION; COMPLICATIONS of prosthesis; MEDICAL device removal; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2013, Vol 47, Issue 5, p394
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1538574413487262