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Unusual Acute Onset of Abdominal Aortic Endograft Infection by Propionibacterium acnesafter Coil Embolization for Type II Endoleak
- Source :
- Annals of Vascular Surgery; August 2016, Vol. 35 Issue: 1 p204.e9-204.e11, 18363p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Propionibacterium acnes, an anaerobic gram-positive bacillus that inhabits the skin, has rarely been incriminated in abdominal aortic endograft infection. It is usually responsible for typical delayed and low-grade postoperative infections. We report the case of a 66-year-old patient who developed acute P. acnesaortic stent-graft infection 9 days after percutaneous embolization for type II endoleak. The stent graft had been implanted 2 years before. Because of persistent signs of sepsis and discovery of a posterior periaortic abscess formation on the computed tomography scan, removal of the stent graft was necessary. Despite being described as a low virulence and slow growth bacteria, P. acneswas responsible for acute onset of postoperative infection with extensive life-threatening damages necessitating multiple interventions associated with long-term antibiotherapy.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08905096
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Annals of Vascular Surgery
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs39218184
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2016.01.036