Rupture of vascular prosthesis in a patient with Yersinia enterocolitica bacteremia.
A case of bacteremia caused by Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 3, biotype 4, is described in a 79-year-old man with an aortic bifurcation prosthesis. He died, in spite of antibiotics, from massive intraabdominal bleeding at the infected suture site. Yersinia, like Salmonella, seems to have a special affinity for damaged endovascular tissue, although more observations will be needed to support this hypothesis.
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D013537:Sutures; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica