Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Vascular Infections
PATHOGENS
Not an all-inclusive list:
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Coagulase negative Staphylococci
- Gram-negative bacteria, e.g., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli
- Salmonella spp.
- Streptococci and enterococci
- Anaerobes are rarely associated, more frequently with aortic grafts (and polymicrobial)
- Intracellular and/or fastidious microorganisms (Coxiella burnetii, Treponema pallidum)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rapidly growing Mycobacteria are rarely involved (M. abscessus, M. fortuitum, M. chelonae, M. smegmatis, and M. mucogenicum) but are associated with high morbidity and mortality rate
- Candida vascular graft infections are rare but, when present, are associated with high morbidity and mortality
- Distribution of prosthetic vascular graft infection pathogens:
- Staphylococci: ~35% of infections; S. aureus more likely early and coagulase-negative staphylococci more likely to cause late infections
- Polymicrobial: ~25%
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Last updated: January 13, 2023
Citation
DeMarco, Carmen, and Christopher F Carpenter. "Vascular Infections." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2023. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540583/6/Vascular_Infections.
DeMarco C, Carpenter CF. Vascular Infections. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540583/6/Vascular_Infections. Accessed September 28, 2023.
DeMarco, C., & Carpenter, C. F. (2023). Vascular Infections. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540583/6/Vascular_Infections
DeMarco C, Carpenter CF. Vascular Infections [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. [cited 2023 September 28]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540583/6/Vascular_Infections.
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