[Vascular prosthesis infected with Salmonella. A rare complication of Salmonella sepsis].
A case of vascular graft infection secondary to Salmonella septicaemia is described. The patient was a 69 year old man with an aortic bifurcation graft and a femoropopliteal bypass. Despite antibiotics treatment, operation was necessary. An especially long extra-anatomical bypass was used.
Odense Universitetshospital, thorax-karkirurgisk afdeling T.
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D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology
Karprotese inficeret med Salmonella. En sjaelden komplikation til Salmonella-sepsis.