Mycotic Aneurysm of Native Aorta and Prosthetic Grafts

Myat Soe Thet, Benjamin Adams and Aung Ye Oo

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, UK

^*Correspondance to: Myat Soe Thet 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2252

Abstract

Mycotic aneurysms are infective aneurysms of native aorta. Pathogenesis is by septicaemic seeding of distant site infection to susceptible atherosclerotic aortic wall. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common causative organism in Western countries, whereas non-typhoid Salmonella species are more common in Asian countries. Mycotic aneurysms are usually diagnosed by infective clinical picture, with or without positive blood cultures, imaging techniques and intraoperative findings. Current standard treatment is open surgical repair, while newer modalities such as endovascular repair are being examined. Lack of randomised, controlled trials highlights the requirement of national and international registry for mycotic aneurysms.

Keywords

Mycotic aneurysm; Aortic aneurysm; Infective aneurysm; Prosthetic graft

Cite the article

Thet MS, Adams B, Oo AY. Mycotic Aneurysm of Native Aorta and Prosthetic Grafts. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2252.