Very Late Aortic Endograft Infection With Listeria monocytogenes in an Elderly Man |
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| Authors: | Jorge A Miranda Ahmed Khouqeer James J Livesay Miguel Montero-Baker |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor–St. Luke''s Hospital, Houston, Texas ; 2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas |
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| Abstract: | Endograft infection with Listeria monocytogenes is a rare, potentially devastating complication of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. To our knowledge, only 8 cases have been reported. We describe the case of a 72-year-old man who presented with L. monocytogenes endograft infection and a 19-cm degenerative aneurysm 9 years after having undergone endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The infection was successfully treated with open surgical excision of the infected aortoiliac endograft and its replacement with a rifampin-soaked, bifurcated Dacron graft. |
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| Keywords: | Antibacterial agents/therapeutic use aortic diseases/surgery aortic aneurysm abdominal/surgery Listeria monocytogenes polyethylene terephthalates prosthesis-related infections rifampin vascular surgical procedures/methods |
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