title: Fungal infection of aortic Endograft because of Aspergillus fumigatus.
abstract: A 59-year-old male, referred to our center with a ruptured aortic aneurysm, underwent urgent endovascular repair and femoro-femoral crossover bypass. An endograft infection because of Aspergillus fumigatus occurred about 20 days after surgery. We removed the endograft and femoral prosthesis and we then performed an aorto-bi-iliac bypass with autogenous reversed superficial femoral veins. Five days after surgery, the patient died. Microbiological examination and postmortem examination showed the presence of A. fumigatus in femoral prosthesis, aortic wall, and periaortic exudate.
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: emaferrero@libero.it.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Michelangelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viazzo
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trevisan
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Psacharopulo
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ripepi
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gibello
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nessi
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D020878:Device Removal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*