A 71-year old male who had undergone ascending aortic replacement because of intramural haematoma was referred with abdominal pain and fever. Computed tomography scan showed thrombosis circumferentially adhering to the Dacron graft . After graft excision, cultures were positive for Candida albicans, a life-threatening condition rarely described in the literature.
Ascending aortic graft thrombosis from an endoluminal candida albicans infection / Nicolini, Francesco; Budillon, Alessandro Maria; Borrello, Bruno; Gherli, Tiziano. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-7940. - 47:(2015), pp. 223-224. [10.1093/ejcts/ezv092]
Ascending aortic graft thrombosis from an endoluminal candida albicans infection
NICOLINI, Francesco;GHERLI, Tiziano
2015-01-01
Abstract
A 71-year old male who had undergone ascending aortic replacement because of intramural haematoma was referred with abdominal pain and fever. Computed tomography scan showed thrombosis circumferentially adhering to the Dacron graft . After graft excision, cultures were positive for Candida albicans, a life-threatening condition rarely described in the literature.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
