Tuberculous infection in a vascular prosthesis: a case of aortic graft infection resulting from disseminated tuberculosis.
Insertion of an aortic prosthetic bypass graft in a patient with untreated disseminated tuberculosis resulted in graft infection with formation of a pseudoaneurysm. Microbiologic cultures implicated Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the causative agent, and a subsequent review of the literature indicated this report to be the first clinical demonstration of the susceptibility of vascular prosthesis to M tuberculosis infection to our knowledge.
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014398:Tuberculosis, Renal / Q000150:complications*