Listeria monocytogenes infection of a prosthetic vascular graft.
A 75-year-old man was admitted for acute ischaemia of his right leg for which he had undergone vascular prosthetic surgery at another hospital, ten and three years before. Cultures of the thrombosed graft and the clots removed on re-operation were positive for Listeria monocytogenes. After parenteral treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and gentamicin, the patient died from cardiorespiratory failure.
Dept. of Bacteriology, Imeldaziekenhuis, Bonheiden, Belgium.
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Van Noyen
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Reybrouck
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Peeters
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Verheyen
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Vandepitte
D000368:Aged; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery
D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D005839:Gentamicins; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D000658:Amoxicillin