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Dialister pneumosintes and aortic graft infection – a case report [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Dialister pneumosintes is an anaerobic, Gram negative bacillus, found in the human oral cavity and associated with periodontitis. It has also been isolated from gastric mucosa and stool samples. Recent case reports implicate D. pneumosintes in
Rachel Patel, Debra S. T. Chong, Alison J. Guy, Matthew Kennedy   +3 more
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FDG PET/CT in abdominal aortic graft infection: A case report and literature review [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
This case report follows a 47-year-old man who had multiple grafts undergoing FDG PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) scan to evaluate for graft infection.
Alex Kim, BSA, Victoria Koshevarova, BS, Anna Shure, MD, Sachin Joseph, MD, Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD, Peeyush Bhargava, MD, MBA   +5 more
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A rare case of angioinvasive aspergillosis aortic graft infection causing peripheral thromboembolism [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2023
Angioinvasive aspergillosis is a fungal infection that rarely involves vascular grafts. This case illustrates a patient with a history of aortic arch Dacron graft reconstruction presenting with acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia.
Ashley Penton, MD, MS, Janice Nam, BA, M. Diya Sabbagh, MD, Bernadette Aulivola, MD, MS   +3 more
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Aortic aneurysm and aortic graft infection related to Mycobacterium bovis after intravesical Bacille Calmette–Guérin therapy—a case series [PDF]

BMC Surgery, 2021
Background So called “mycotic” aortic aneurysms account for only 0.7 to 1.3% of all aortic aneurysms and are commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella species. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis,
M. Buerger, S. Kapahnke, S. Omran, M. Schomaker, M. Rief, A. Greiner, J. P. Frese   +6 more
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Laparoscopic omental flap for the treatment of thoracic aortic graft infection: report of two cases and review of the literature [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background Thoracic aortic graft infection (TAGI) is a rare and serious complication after surgery for which the treatment is controversial and challenging.
Jiawei Zhou, Junfeng Sun, Xingxing Yao, Guochang Zhao, Fuqiang Sun, Weiyong Sheng, Fanfan Lu, Haibo Zhan, Chao Liu   +8 more
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Open drainage of abscess cavity with omental wrapping for treatment of post-endovascular aortic repair aortic graft infection: A case report and literature review [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
The present case report concerns a 70-year-old man who developed an infection after endovascular abdominal aortic repair. For treatment, we performed open surgical debridement with abscess drainage while preserving the aortic stent graft, followed by ...
Xiaowen Lin, MM, Qingjin Huang, MM, Minxiang Hu, MM, Xiangyu Peng, MM, Yin Xia, MD, PhD   +4 more
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Aortic graft infection with enteric organism after embolization of late type II endoleak [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2019
An 82-year-old man with a history of endovascular repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm 6 years ago presented with a type II endoleak and enlarging sac.
Ben Li, BHSc, Kong Teng Tan, MD, Mary Elizabeth MacDonald, MD, PhD, John Byrne, MB BCh, MD   +3 more
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Long-term Successful Antibiotic Therapy for Recurrent Aortic Graft Infection [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2018
Objective: To report a case of successful long-term conservative management of a patient with aortic graft infection due to multiple infectious agents.
Liana Dykman, Leore Cohen, Micha Rapoport   +2 more
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Lip piercing-related prosthetic aortic graft infection and mediastinitis in filaminopathy: A case report [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
We report a rare case in which a lip piercing led to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and subsequent prosthetic aortic graft infection complicated by anterior mediastinitis in a patient with filaminopathy A.
Solène Brouder, MD, Corina Mirea, MD, Camille Zamperini, MD, Franck Zheng, MD, Philippe Billaud, MD, Anne Lejay, MD, Dominique Stephan, MD, Elena-Mihaela Cordeanu, MD   +7 more
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Inferior pedicle rectus abdominis muscle flap for a contaminated prosthetic aortobifemoral bypass graft

Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations, 2021
Infection of a prosthetic aortic graft carries devastating consequences, which typically requires aggressive surgical intervention in order to reduce mortality.
Hunaiz A. Patel, MD, Rahima Khatun, MD, Paul Asadourian, Thomas Huntsman, MD, Shelby Cooper, MD, MPH   +4 more
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