Infected endoluminal stent-graft: Implications for endotension, late endoleaks, and prophylactic antibiotics

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 654-659

  Ferrar, David W ^a   Roberts, Andrew K ^b   Lawrence Brown, Michael M D ^c   McLellan, Duncan ^d   Semmens, James B ^c  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d WESTERN DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aortic thrombus; Colonization; Endotension; Endovascular repair; Infection; Propionibacterium acnes; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA STENT GRAFT; AORTOGRAPHY; AXILLOFEMORAL ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; DACRON IMPLANT; DEVICE; ENDOLEAK; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30744442123     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/05-1646.1     Document Type: Review

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