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Vascular graft infection

MedGen UID:
574038
•Concept ID:
C0340896
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Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Vascular graft infection (234195006)

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Thoracic aortic vascular graft infection: outcome after conservative treatment without graft removal.
Kouijzer IJE, Baranelli CT, Maat I, van den Heuvel FMA, Aarntzen EHJG, Smith T, de Mast Q, Geuzebroek GSC
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022 Dec 2;63(1) doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac551. PMID: 36458920Free PMC Article
Multidisciplinary Treatment Approach for Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infection in the Thoracic Aortic Area.
Fujii T, Watanabe Y
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015;21(5):418-27. Epub 2015 Sep 8 doi: 10.5761/atcs.ra.15-00187. PMID: 26356686Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and management of prosthetic vascular graft infections.
Legout L, D'Elia PV, Sarraz-Bournet B, Haulon S, Meybeck A, Senneville E, Leroy O
Med Mal Infect 2012 Mar;42(3):102-9. Epub 2012 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2012.01.003. PMID: 22341664

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Reconstruction of primary and secondary aortic infections with an antimicrobial graft.
Caradu C, Jolivet B, Puges M, Cazanave C, Ducasse E, Berard X
J Vasc Surg 2023 Apr;77(4):1226-1237.e10. Epub 2022 Dec 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.11.065. PMID: 36572322
Prosthetic vascular graft infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic accuracy of 18FDG PET/CT.
Mahmoodi Z, Salarzaei M, Sheikh M
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Mar;70(3):219-229. Epub 2021 Jul 26 doi: 10.1007/s11748-021-01682-6. PMID: 34309812
Clinical experience of positron-emission tomography in infective aortic disease.
Tsang JS, Chan YC, Law Y, Cheng SW
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2018 Jan;26(1):11-18. Epub 2017 Dec 14 doi: 10.1177/0218492317749054. PMID: 29239196
Graft infection after a Bentall procedure: A case series and systematic review of the literature.
Machelart I, Greib C, Wirth G, Camou F, Issa N, Viallard JF, Pellegrin JL, Lazaro E
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2017 Jun;88(2):158-162. Epub 2017 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.03.002. PMID: 28330738
Vascular graft infections.
Hasse B, Husmann L, Zinkernagel A, Weber R, Lachat M, Mayer D
Swiss Med Wkly 2013;143:w13754. Epub 2013 Jan 24 doi: 10.4414/smw.2013.13754. PMID: 23348860

Diagnosis

Reconstruction of primary and secondary aortic infections with an antimicrobial graft.
Caradu C, Jolivet B, Puges M, Cazanave C, Ducasse E, Berard X
J Vasc Surg 2023 Apr;77(4):1226-1237.e10. Epub 2022 Dec 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.11.065. PMID: 36572322
Vascular Graft Infection Imaging.
Arnon-Sheleg E, Keidar Z
Semin Nucl Med 2023 Jan;53(1):70-77. Epub 2022 Sep 11 doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2022.08.006. PMID: 36104271
Prosthetic vascular graft infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic accuracy of 18FDG PET/CT.
Mahmoodi Z, Salarzaei M, Sheikh M
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Mar;70(3):219-229. Epub 2021 Jul 26 doi: 10.1007/s11748-021-01682-6. PMID: 34309812
Graft infection after a Bentall procedure: A case series and systematic review of the literature.
Machelart I, Greib C, Wirth G, Camou F, Issa N, Viallard JF, Pellegrin JL, Lazaro E
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2017 Jun;88(2):158-162. Epub 2017 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.03.002. PMID: 28330738
Vascular graft infections.
Hasse B, Husmann L, Zinkernagel A, Weber R, Lachat M, Mayer D
Swiss Med Wkly 2013;143:w13754. Epub 2013 Jan 24 doi: 10.4414/smw.2013.13754. PMID: 23348860

Therapy

Reconstruction of primary and secondary aortic infections with an antimicrobial graft.
Caradu C, Jolivet B, Puges M, Cazanave C, Ducasse E, Berard X
J Vasc Surg 2023 Apr;77(4):1226-1237.e10. Epub 2022 Dec 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.11.065. PMID: 36572322
Vascular Graft Infection Imaging.
Arnon-Sheleg E, Keidar Z
Semin Nucl Med 2023 Jan;53(1):70-77. Epub 2022 Sep 11 doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2022.08.006. PMID: 36104271
A systematic review of preclinical data regarding commercial silver-coated vascular grafts.
Mufty H, Van den Eynde J, Steenackers HP, Metsemakers WJ, Meuris B, Fourneau I
J Vasc Surg 2021 Oct;74(4):1386-1393.e1. Epub 2021 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.04.055. PMID: 34019984
Vascular Graft Infections: An update.
Gharamti A, Kanafani ZA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2018 Dec;32(4):789-809. Epub 2018 Sep 18 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2018.06.003. PMID: 30241716
Vascular graft infections.
Hasse B, Husmann L, Zinkernagel A, Weber R, Lachat M, Mayer D
Swiss Med Wkly 2013;143:w13754. Epub 2013 Jan 24 doi: 10.4414/smw.2013.13754. PMID: 23348860

Prognosis

Prosthetic vascular graft infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic accuracy of 18FDG PET/CT.
Mahmoodi Z, Salarzaei M, Sheikh M
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Mar;70(3):219-229. Epub 2021 Jul 26 doi: 10.1007/s11748-021-01682-6. PMID: 34309812
Clinical experience of positron-emission tomography in infective aortic disease.
Tsang JS, Chan YC, Law Y, Cheng SW
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2018 Jan;26(1):11-18. Epub 2017 Dec 14 doi: 10.1177/0218492317749054. PMID: 29239196
Vascular Graft Infection: Incidence and Potential Risk Factors.
Ratliff CR, Strider D, Flohr T, Moses D, Rovnyak V, Armatas J, Johnson J, Okerlund A, Baldwin M, Lawson M, Fuhrmeister S, Tracci MC, Upchurch GR, Cherry KJ
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 2017 Nov/Dec;44(6):524-527. doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000376. PMID: 29117077
Clinical experience and microbiologic characteristics of invasive Staphylococcus lugdunensis infection in a tertiary center in northern Taiwan.
Lin JF, Cheng CW, Kuo AJ, Liu TP, Yang CC, Huang CT, Lee MH, Lu JJ
J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2015 Aug;48(4):406-12. Epub 2014 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.12.010. PMID: 24529852
Vascular graft infection: detection by 123I-labeled antigranulocyte antibody (anti-NCA95) scintigraphy.
Cordes M, Hepp W, Langer R, Pannhorst J, Hierholzer J, Felix R
Nuklearmedizin 1991 Oct;30(5):173-7. PMID: 1800941

Clinical prediction guides

Enhanced strategy against mediastinitis with thoracic vascular graft infection: A combination of hydro-debridement with pulsed lavage and negative pressure wound therapies.
Takagi D, Wada T, Igarashi W, Kadohama T, Kiryu K, Yamamoto H
J Card Surg 2022 Sep;37(9):2741-2744. Epub 2022 Jun 30 doi: 10.1111/jocs.16705. PMID: 35771228
In situ Reconstruction with Autologous Veins for the Treatment of Infected Abdominal Endografts: Single Center Experience.
Mufty H, Michiels T, Van Wijngaerden E, Fourneau I
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2022 Mar;23(2):150-154. Epub 2021 Dec 31 doi: 10.1089/sur.2021.301. PMID: 34978919
Prosthetic vascular graft infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic accuracy of 18FDG PET/CT.
Mahmoodi Z, Salarzaei M, Sheikh M
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Mar;70(3):219-229. Epub 2021 Jul 26 doi: 10.1007/s11748-021-01682-6. PMID: 34309812
Graft infection after a Bentall procedure: A case series and systematic review of the literature.
Machelart I, Greib C, Wirth G, Camou F, Issa N, Viallard JF, Pellegrin JL, Lazaro E
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2017 Jun;88(2):158-162. Epub 2017 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.03.002. PMID: 28330738
Prosthetic vascular graft infection imaging.
Khaja MS, Sildiroglu O, Hagspiel K, Rehm PK, Cherry KJ, Turba UC
Clin Imaging 2013 Mar-Apr;37(2):239-44. Epub 2012 Sep 3 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.07.008. PMID: 23465974

Recent systematic reviews

Prosthetic vascular graft infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic accuracy of 18FDG PET/CT.
Mahmoodi Z, Salarzaei M, Sheikh M
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Mar;70(3):219-229. Epub 2021 Jul 26 doi: 10.1007/s11748-021-01682-6. PMID: 34309812
A systematic review of preclinical data regarding commercial silver-coated vascular grafts.
Mufty H, Van den Eynde J, Steenackers HP, Metsemakers WJ, Meuris B, Fourneau I
J Vasc Surg 2021 Oct;74(4):1386-1393.e1. Epub 2021 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.04.055. PMID: 34019984
A meta-analysis of outcomes of in-situ reconstruction after total or partial removal of infected abdominal aortic graft.
Batt M, Camou F, Coffy A, Feugier P, Senneville E, Caillon J, Calvet B, Chidiac C, Laurent F, Revest M, Daures JP; Research Group for Vascular Graft Infection
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2020 Apr;61(2):171-182. Epub 2019 Jan 28 doi: 10.23736/S0021-9509.19.10669-6. PMID: 30698369
Diagnostic Imaging in Vascular Graft Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Reinders Folmer EI, Von Meijenfeldt GCI, Van der Laan MJ, Glaudemans AWJM, Slart RHJA, Saleem BR, Zeebregts CJ
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2018 Nov;56(5):719-729. Epub 2018 Aug 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.07.010. PMID: 30122333
Graft infection after a Bentall procedure: A case series and systematic review of the literature.
Machelart I, Greib C, Wirth G, Camou F, Issa N, Viallard JF, Pellegrin JL, Lazaro E
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2017 Jun;88(2):158-162. Epub 2017 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.03.002. PMID: 28330738

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