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Polyester Vascular Graft Material and Risk for Intracavitary Thoracic Vascular Graft Infection
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 10, Pp 2448-2452 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.
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Abstract
- Prosthetic vascular graft infections of the thoracic aorta are rare but can be fatal. Our comparison of collagen- and gelatin-coated grafts showed that collagen-coated grafts were associated with increased biofilm formation and bacterial adherence in vitro and with higher rates of perioperative vascular graft infections in vivo.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7d588ec3946e4530a34bbb573b056ee5
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.191711