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INFECTION OF VASCULAR PROSTHESES
Author(s) -
Fletcher J. P.,
Dryden M.,
Sorrell T. C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00257.x
Subject(s) - medicine , groin , surgery , antibiotics , prosthesis , staphylococcus aureus , intravenous antibiotics , vascular graft , vascular disease , staphylococcal infections , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , biology
Graft infection occurred in 11 of 322 patients (3.4%) who had insertion of a vascular prosthesis for peripheral vascular disease during a 4‐year period. The groin was the most common site of infection and multiple resistant Syaphyococcus aureus (MRSA) was the most common organism responsible. Six of 7 MRSA infections occurred following a procedure involving a previously placed graft and/or a groin incision. Prophylactic antibiotics effective against MRSA are recommended for patients having a revisional procedure, especially involving the groin.