title: Vascular Endograft Infection with Listeria monocytogenes reated with Surgical Debridement but without Graft Removal.
abstract: The awareness of Listeria monocytogenes as a pathogen in meningitis and bacteremia in immunosuppressed patients is high. We report a case of vascular graft infection due to Listeria monocytogenes as an example of a less well-known manifestation of listeriosis and focus on the possible treatment procedures emphasizing a management with surgical debridement but preservation of the endograft, in contrast to the gold standard treatment of vascular graft infections which consists of a removal of the graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, 6000 Lucerne 16, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tanner-Steinmann
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boggian