Umer Imran, Mocherla Satish, Horvath Joseph, Arora Suthep, Ahmed Yasir
From the Internal Medicine Department and Infectious Diseases, Texas Tech University Health Science Center , Odessa, TX.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov;46(11):813-6. doi: 10.3109/00365548.2014.943284. Epub 2014 Aug 19.
Prosthetic vascular graft infection (PVGI) following vascular reconstructive surgery is an uncommon but serious complication and is associated with high morbidity as well as mortality rate. Staphylococcal species are the most common organisms causing PVGI. Mycobacterium abscessus is a very rare cause of PVGI and poses a significant diagnostic and management dilemma. To the best of our knowledge, we report the third documented case of M. abscessus vascular graft infection that was diagnosed with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) scan and treated successfully.
血管重建手术后的人工血管移植物感染（PVGI）是一种罕见但严重的并发症，与高发病率和死亡率相关。葡萄球菌是导致PVGI最常见的病原体。脓肿分枝杆菌是PVGI非常罕见的病因，给诊断和治疗带来了重大难题。据我们所知，我们报告了第三例经18F-氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描（FDG-PET/CT）诊断并成功治疗的脓肿分枝杆菌血管移植物感染病例。
