Aortic endograft infection due to Pasteurella multocida following a rabbit bite.
Abdominal aortic endograft infection is a serious complication after an endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Pasteurella multocida, a gram-negative bacterium, is a commonly found organism in the mouth flora of many house pets. We report a case of an aortic endograft infection caused by P multocida after a rabbit bite. Successful treatment was performed by extra-anatomic revascularization followed by endograft removal.
Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Eric J
EJ
Silberfein
Peter H
PH
Lin
Ruth L
RL
Bush
Wei
W
Zhou
Alan B
AB
Lumsden
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011817:Rabbits / Q000382:microbiology*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents