Polyester Vascular Graft Material and Risk for Intracavitary Thoracic Vascular Graft Infection
oleh: Tiziano A. Schweizer, Srikanth Mairpady Shambat, Vanina Dengler Haunreiter, Carlos A. Mestres, Alberto Weber, Francesco Maisano, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Barbara Hasse
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Prosthetic vascular graft infections of the thoracic aorta are rare but can be fatal. Our comparison of collagen- and gelatin-coated grafts showed that collagen-coated grafts were associated with increased biofilm formation and bacterial adherence in vitro and with higher rates of perioperative vascular graft infections in vivo.