Vascular Endograft Infection with Listeria monocytogenes reated with Surgical Debridement but without Graft Removal.
- Tanner-Steinmann B Department of Infectious Diseases, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, 6000 Lucerne 16, Switzerland.
- Boggian K
- 2011-07-19
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- Case reports in medicine. - 2011
English
The awareness of Listeria monocytogenes as a pathogen in meningitis and bacteremia in immunosuppressed patients is high. We report a case of vascular graft infection due to Listeria monocytogenes as an example of a less well-known manifestation of listeriosis and focus on the possible treatment procedures emphasizing a management with surgical debridement but preservation of the endograft, in contrast to the gold standard treatment of vascular graft infections which consists of a removal of the graft.
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- DOI 10.1155/2011/482815
- PMID 21765844
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