A 76-year-old patient, submitted 10 months earlier to aortobifemoral bypass for abdominal aortic aneurysm
repair at another institution, was admitted for sepsis likely due to graft infection.
His medical history was also relevant for chronic renal disease (creatinine 1.6 mg/dL),
previous myocardial infarction, and percutaneous coronary angioplasty, and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. Two months after surgery, the patient had undergone
surgical repair of an infected left femoral pseudoaneurysm. The following postoperative
course had been characterized by a persistent septic state due to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, as detected by cultures, unresponsive to conservative therapy.
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Publication history
Published online: December 21, 2007
Accepted:
July 13,
2007
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© 2008 Mosby, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
