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: Beate Tanner-Steinmann, Katia Boggian
• Journal: Case reports in medicine (Case Rep Med) Vol. 2011 Pg. 482815 ( 2011) ISSN: 1687-9635 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21765844 (Publication Type: Case Reports)