Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

We report a case of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft placed 4 years earlier for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Tuberculous infection of aortic stents or grafts is not reported but should be considered in tuberculosis endemic countries in patients...

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Main Authors: Surendran Rajendran, V Balaji, Bhaskar Venkatachalapathy, Ram Gopalakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Aortic aneurysm
endovascular stent infections
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2018;volume=5;issue=4;spage=299;epage=301;aulast=Rajendran
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spelling doaj-6e5a0e87f1964cd7ab9e238782f348ba2020-11-24T21:39:18ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery0972-08202394-09992018-01-015429930110.4103/ijves.ijves_45_18Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosisSurendran RajendranV BalajiBhaskar VenkatachalapathyRam GopalakrishnanWe report a case of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft placed 4 years earlier for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Tuberculous infection of aortic stents or grafts is not reported but should be considered in tuberculosis endemic countries in patients with suspected stent infections and negative blood cultures.http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2018;volume=5;issue=4;spage=299;epage=301;aulast=RajendranAortic aneurysmendovascular stent infectionstuberculosis
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author Surendran Rajendran
V Balaji
Bhaskar Venkatachalapathy
Ram Gopalakrishnan
spellingShingle Surendran Rajendran
V Balaji
Bhaskar Venkatachalapathy
Ram Gopalakrishnan
Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Aortic aneurysm
endovascular stent infections
tuberculosis
author_facet Surendran Rajendran
V Balaji
Bhaskar Venkatachalapathy
Ram Gopalakrishnan
author_sort Surendran Rajendran
title Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_short Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_full Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_fullStr Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_sort late infection of endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft by mycobacterium tuberculosis
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
issn 0972-0820
2394-0999
publishDate 2018-01-01
description We report a case of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an endovascular aneurysm repair stent graft placed 4 years earlier for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Tuberculous infection of aortic stents or grafts is not reported but should be considered in tuberculosis endemic countries in patients with suspected stent infections and negative blood cultures.
topic Aortic aneurysm
endovascular stent infections
tuberculosis
url http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2018;volume=5;issue=4;spage=299;epage=301;aulast=Rajendran
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