Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis after surgery for rupture of the aortic arch.
Vertebral osteomyelitis is a very rare and intractable complication after vascular surgery. We describe a case of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis induced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus sepsis following surgery for traumatic rupture of the aortic arch, successfully managed with long-term antibiotic therapy for 75 weeks.
Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan. grd1816@ndmc.ac.jp
Yashiro
Y
Nogami
Susumu
S
Isoda
Masafumi
M
Shimizu
Tamizo
T
Kimura
Kimihiro
K
Suzuki
Tadaaki
T
Maehara
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae