title: Vascular homograft use in a femoropopliteal rare bacterial infection bypass.
abstract: We report on a patient with a femoropopliteal bypass infected by Kytococcus sedentarius. Treatment consisted of resection of the infected prosthesis with homograft substitution and antibiotic therapy started postoperatively. At 6 months followup, the patient showed no signs of infection and results of laboratory findings were normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Milan, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, 20138 Milan, Italy. luca.dainese@ccfm.it
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dainese
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saccu
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zoli
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trabattoni
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guarino
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallero
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spirito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008837:Micrococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents