Polyester Vascular Graft Material and Risk for Intracavitary Thoracic Vascular Graft Infection1

Autor: Francesco Maisano, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Vanina Dengler Haunreiter, Alberto Weber, Barbara Hasse, Carlos A. Mestres, Srikanth Mairpady Shambat, Tiziano A. Schweizer
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.191711
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE