Aortic endograft infection due to Pasteurella multocida following a rabbit bite

Eric J Silberfein; Peter H Lin; Ruth L Bush; Wei Zhou; Alan B Lumsden

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2005.10.067

Aortic endograft infection due to Pasteurella multocida following a rabbit bite

J Vasc Surg. 2006 Feb;43(2):393-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.10.067.

Authors

Eric J Silberfein¹, Peter H Lin, Ruth L Bush, Wei Zhou, Alan B Lumsden

Affiliation

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

PMID: 16476621
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.10.067

Abstract

Abdominal aortic endograft infection is a serious complication after an endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Pasteurella multocida, a gram-negative bacterium, is a commonly found organism in the mouth flora of many house pets. We report a case of an aortic endograft infection caused by P multocida after a rabbit bite. Successful treatment was performed by extra-anatomic revascularization followed by endograft removal.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Bites and Stings / complications*
Bites and Stings / microbiology
Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Device Removal
Humans
Male
Pasteurella multocida / isolation & purification*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
Rabbits / microbiology*
Stents / adverse effects*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents