Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5942390 | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 2014 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
A 59-year-old male, referred to our center with a ruptured aortic aneurysm, underwent urgent endovascular repair and femoro-femoral crossover bypass. An endograft infection because of Aspergillus fumigatus occurred about 20Â days after surgery. We removed the endograft and femoral prosthesis and we then performed an aorto-bi-iliac bypass with autogenous reversed superficial femoral veins. Five days after surgery, the patient died. Microbiological examination and postmortem examination showed the presence of A. fumigatus in femoral prosthesis, aortic wall, and periaortic exudate.
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Authors
Emanuele Ferrero, Michelangelo Ferri, Andrea Viazzo, Alessandra Trevisan, Daniele Psacharopulo, Matteo Ripepi, Lorenzo Gibello, Franco Nessi,