Risk factors and outcomes for nosocomial infection after prosthetic vascular grafts

Abstract

SSI was the primary NI. The risk of NI depended primarily on the presence of a lower extremity SSTI at the time of surgery, whereas mortality was determined by age, surgical complications during the operation, and SSI. These findings suggest that in those cases in which surgery is reasonably delayed, surgery should be deferred until the lower extremity SSTIs are resolved.

Daptomycin treatment in Gram-positive vascular graft infections

“…It has an effect on bacteria in the vegetative phase (Barberán and Fariñas, 2012;Garrigós et al,2010), and it has a superior capability to other antibiotics for removing biofilms in VG formed by S. aureus, especially when used in association with rifampicin (Garrigós et al, 2010;Álvarez-Lerma and Gracia-Arnillas,2010). This effect has been observed particularly in patients with prosthetic joint infections (Fariñas et al, 2018) and can be applied to VGI where biofilms are a standard.…”

“…Data were collected on an electronic form designed specifically for this purpose and included the following: demographics, prior medical history, comorbidies (Charlson et al, 1987), analytical data on admission, clinical data of infection, surgery and post-surgical procedures, microbiology, antimicrobial treatment, and outcome. The definitions of infection and cure for VGI have been described previously (Fariñas et al, 2018).…”

Analysis of the utility of 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of vascular graft infection

“…The typical patient who requires implantation of a vascular prosthesis is a 65-year-old man [5]. Multiple factors influence the risk of infection, one of which is the location of the prosthesis.…”