Fusarium vascular graft infection
IDCases, 2019 A 37-year-old African American male with a past medical history significant for end stage renal disease on hemodialysis via a femoral arteriovenous graft, systemic lupus erythematous, with a recent hospitalization for cavitary Candida pneumonia treated ...
Krystal Hasel, Tarak Patel
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2005 Background Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, may cause culture-negative vascular graft infections. Very few cases of C. burnetii infection of a vascular graft have been reported. All were diagnosed by serology.
Von Segesser Ludwig +6 more
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Aortic Graft Infection: Graphene Shows the Way to an Infection-Resistant Vascular Graft [PDF]
Frontiers in Surgery, 2017 Aortic graft infection is a potentially lethal complication of open and endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms. Graphene is the only existing two-dimensional material, and its unique structure gives graphene and its derivatives a plethora of original ...
Nikolaos Patelis +3 more
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Cytomegalovirus infection after kidney transplantation and long-term graft loss
Nefrología (English Edition), 2017 Background: Despite the use of prevention strategies, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common viral complication after renal transplant and its impact on long-term outcomes is still open to debate.
María Ovidia López-Oliva +7 more
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Streptococcus anginosus and Coxiella burnetii vascular graft co-infection
IDCases, 2020 Vascular graft infections are rare complications, usually associated with a monomicrobial pyogenic culture. We report a case of vascular graft co-infection with Streptococcus anginosus and Coxiella burnetii, complicated by an aorto-duodenal fistula ...
Sybille Dvorak, Alain Bizzini
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Aortic Graft Infection as a Cause of Multiple Brain Infarcts [PDF]
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2012 Brain embolism of cardiac origin is common in clinical practice. However, embolic brain infarcts due to aortic graft infection are very rare. We present a case of a 53-year-old woman with multiple brain infarcts, following an infection of ascending ...
Vassiliki Tsirka +3 more
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The use of behaviour change theory for infection prevention and control practices in healthcare settings: a scoping review [PDF]
, 2022 Background Infection prevention and control (IPC) practices performed by healthcare workers are key to the prevention and management of infections.
Greene, Carolynn, Wilson, Jennie
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Survival of Split Thickness Skin Graft in Diabetic and Non-diabetic Wound Management [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2016 Introduction: Split skin grafting is widely used surgical procedure for the treatment of ulcers. Graft survival depends on number of factors like vascularity, wound infection etc. diabetes is associated with endothelial dysfunction, neuropathy, wound
Maramreddy Revanth +4 more
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Cross-Reactive Donor-Specific CD8+ Tregs Efficiently Prevent Transplant Rejection
Cell Reports, 2019 Summary: To reduce the use of non-specific immunosuppressive drugs detrimental to transplant patient health, therapies in development aim to achieve antigen-specific tolerance by promoting antigen-specific regulatory T cells (Tregs).
Elodie Picarda +11 more
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Silver-coated dacron prosthesis in the treatment of infection in arterial surgery: Case reports [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2008 INTRODUCTION Although the incidence is low, infection of prosthetic vascular graft bears a high incidence of serious complications including 25-75% mortality rate and 40-75% limb loss.
Nenezić Dragoslav +7 more
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