| A Case of Successful
Treatment of Prosthetic Graft Infection Caused by Bacteroides
fragilis |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National
Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan)
| Yuji Hanafusa |
Yutaka Okita |
Motomi Ando |
| Kenji Minatoya |
Osamu Tagusari |
Soichiro Kitamura |
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A 73-year-old man who had undergone
Y-grafting suffered from septicemia. A culture of arterial blood
yielded Bacteroides fragilis. Computed tomography showed abscess
and gas around the prosthetic graft. Under a diagnosis of a prosthetic
graft infection caused by Bacteroides fragilis, removal of the
infected graft, extra-anatomic bypass and omental grafting were
performed 13 days after the first operation. After intensive
treatment, he recovered and was discharged on the 45th day postoperatively.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 29: 172-174 (2000) |
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