Recurrent Listeria monocytogenes aortic graft infection: confirmation of relapse by molecular subtyping

Periaortic endograft infection due to Listeria monocytogenes treated with graft preservation

“…These cases include two prosthetic femoropopliteal bypasses, two arteriovenous loop shunts, one case of aortic ascending replacement with prosthetic graft, and one report of an endoluminal bifurcated aortic prosthetic graft infection. 9 The mean time of presentation was 2 years after the primary operation (range, 4 months to 10 years). Conservative therapy alone was successful in two of these cases (one femoropopliteal bypass and the aortic ascending graft).…”

Positron Emission Tomography as a Diagnostic Tool in Infection: Present Role and Future Possibilities

“…10). 98 Rohde and coworkers 99 identified a rare case of a recurrent Listeria monocytogenes infection resulting from an infected aortic prosthesis on FDG-PET. Fukuchi and coworkers 100 compared the efficacy of FDG-PET to CT in patients with suspected aortic prosthetic graft infection.…”

¿Cómo justificar EVAR ante las recientes recomendaciones del NICE?

“…En individuos inmunocompetentes la infección no es invasiva y ocasiona un cuadro similar a una dia-rrea febril (3). En neonatos, embarazadas, ancianos y pacientes inmunodeprimidos el bacilo podría atravesar la barrera mucosa intestinal y diseminarse por el torrente sanguíneo ocasionando cuadros de sepsis, meningoencefalitis y endocarditis (2)(3)(4).…”