A rare case of Listeria monocytogenes causing mycotic aneurysm of the common femoral artery: A case report

Abstract

Highlights Immunosuppressed patients may not display typical clinical or biochemical features associated with mycotic aneurysms. Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for infective aetiology when treating aneurysmal disease in immunocompromised patients. It is important to obtain intraoperative tissue samples for histopathology and microbiological assessment in immunocompromised patients for detection of rare pathogens. Autogenous vein should be used in infected surgical fields to avoid the risk of prosthetic graft infection.

Multiple liver abscesses secondary toListeria monocytogenescomplicated by hepatic artery mycotic aneurysm

“…Almost all cases reported have occurred in elderly patients with a male predominance, and most involved aortic and common iliac arteries. Among non-aortic aneurysms, none involved underlying hardware and most occurred in iliac, femoral and popliteal arteries, with only one case each involving the inferior mesenteric, superior mesenteric and internal carotid arteries was reported4 10–17 (table 2). We thus report the first known case of common hepatic artery aneurysm due to L. monocytogenes .…”