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Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Surgery Related Infection



Yong-Gan Zhang*, Xue-Li Guo, Yan Song, Chao-Feng Miao, Chuang Zhang , Ning-Heng Chen
Department of Vascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, China


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Abstract

Surgical site infection (SSI) is an important component of infections acquired from hospital. The most significant feature of vascular surgery different from other surgeries is frequent application of artificial grafts. Once SSI occurs after vascular operations with grafts, it might results in a serious disaster. Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus are the most common pathogenic bacteria for SSI after vascular surgery. Although SSI in vascular surgery often lacks of typical clinical characters, some clinical symptoms, laboratory data and certain imaging procedures may help to diagnose. In most cases of SSI after vascular procedures, the artificial grafts must be removed and sensitive antibiotics should be administered. However, for different cases, personalized management plan should be made depending on the severity and location of SSI.

Keywords: Antibiotics, diagnosis, infection, treatment, vascular surgery.



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