Aortic graft infection is rare and carries a poor prognosis. The conventional managements for prosthetic graft infection are surgical debridement, removal of the infected graft, and reconstruction with the new graft prosthesis. However, these approaches are not feasible for some patients with anatomical difficulty of excision or severe comorbid medical illnesses. We report a case of aortic prosthetic graft infection treated successfully with long term antibiotics without surgical intervention.
A 47-year-old man had undergone descending thoracic aortic reconstruction with woven Dacron graft for post-ductal coarctation of the descending aorta at the age of 15. He had a high fever and back pain on admission. Contrasted chest computed tomography
A 47-year-old man had undergone descending thoracic aortic reconstruction with woven Dacron graft for post-ductal coarctation of the descending aorta at the age of 15. He had a high fever and back pain on admission. Contrasted chest computed tomography