Publication Date
1-1-2022
Journal
The Texas Heart Institute Journal
DOI
10.14503/THIJ-20-7298
PMID
35201354
Publication Date(s)
January 2022
Language
English
PMCID
PMC8884282
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
2-24-2022
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-Print
Published Open-Access
yes
Keywords
Antibacterial agents/therapeutic use, aortic diseases/surgery, aortic aneurysm, abdominal/surgery, Listeria monocytogenes, polyethylene terephthalates, prosthesis-related infections, rifampin, vascular surgical procedures/methods
Copyright
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Endograft infection with Listeria monocytogenes is a rare, potentially devastating complication of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. To our knowledge, only 8 cases have been reported. We describe the case of a 72-year-old man who presented with L. monocytogenes endograft infection and a 19-cm degenerative aneurysm 9 years after having undergone endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The infection was successfully treated with open surgical excision of the infected aortoiliac endograft and its replacement with a rifampin-soaked, bifurcated Dacron graft.