Aortobifemoral graft infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Treatment with abscess drainage, debridement, and long-term administration of antibiotic agents

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 826-829

  Raffetto, Joseph D ^a,c,d   Bernardo, John ^b   Menzoían, James O ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Boston   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISONIAZID; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RIFABUTIN; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 4744372026     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.07.041     Document Type: Article

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