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. 2020 Dec 12;9(2):800–804. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3652

TABLE 1.

Cases of the Listeria monocytogenes‐caused MAA involving the abdominal aorta

Author Year Patient/case Location Treatment Graft type Antibacterial treatment Intravenous Per os Outcome
Heikkinen,L.et al 15 1999 M 77 EVAR infection Open surgery PTFE bifurcated graft Vancomycin, imipenem, netilmicin, ampicillin Doxycyclin 10 – months symptom free
Brossier, J et al 16 2010 M 64 Infrarenal AAA Open surgery Allograft (aortic tube) Mainly penicillin with aminoglycoside 30 – day alive
M 64 Infrarenal AAA Open surgery Allograft (aortic tube) 30 – day alive
M 65 Infrarenal AAA Open surgery Silver + rifampicin‐soaked graft aorto‐biiliacal 30 – day alive
Haroon,Y. et al 7 2011 M 74 Infrarenal AAA (degenerative) Open surgery 20 mm silver graft Amoxicillin, gentamicin, vancomycin Amoxicillin Full recovery, followed up
Murphy, K. et al 17 2013 M 74 Infrarenal AAA Open surgery Silver tube graft Rifampicin, vancomycin, gentamicin, amoxicillin Discharged alive
M 74 Infrarenal AAA Open surgery Rifampicin‐soaked tube graft Vancomycin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, penicillin V Discharged alive
Molacek,J. et al 6 2014 M 63 Perforated aortitis (abdominal aorta) Open surgery Linear silver graft Gentamicin, ampicillin N/A Alive 2 y after surgery
Palacios,A. et al 8 2017 M 76 Infrarenal AAA Open surgery 20 mm silver graft Ampicillin, gentamicin Amoxicillin Alive, symptom free 1 y after surgery
Foulex, A. et al 3 2019 M 76 EVAR periaortitis Surgical revision, drainage of periaortal abscess (?) Amoxicillin Ciprofloxacin, doxycycline Alive, asymptomatic at 6 mo follow‐up
Shoai‐Tehrani, M. et al 4 2019 18 cases Infrarenal Aorta Open surgery N/A Amoxicillin + aminoglycoside (most frequent combination) N/A
7 cases Prosthetic/descending aorta
Our case M 79 Infrarenal AAA (degenerative) Open surgery 18 mm antibiotic and silver‐soaked graft Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, amoxicillin sulbactam, meropenem, ampicillin Alive, symptom free 8 mo later