A Case of Successful Treatment of Prosthetic Graft Infection Caused by Bacteroides fragilis / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

A 73-year-old man who had undergone Y-grafting suffered from septicemia. A culture of arterial blood yielded <i>Bacteroides fragilis</i>. Computed tomography showed abscess and gas around the prosthetic graft. Under a diagnosis of a prosthetic graft infection caused by <i>Bacteroides fragilis</i>, removal of the infected graft, extra-anatomic bypass and omental grafting were performed 13 days after the first operation. After intensive treatment, he recovered and was discharged on the 45th day postoperatively.