Nokardioseinfektion einer Gefäßendoprothese

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.1238

Babilas, P. ; Scherer, K. ; Landthaler, M. ; Ehrenstein, B. ; Szeimies, R.-M.

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Abstract

A 61-year-old woman presented with purple-red subcutaneous nodules on her right leg. She had experienced fever up to 40 degrees C for the past 10 days and felt generally weak over the last two months. Four months earlier, a vascular graft had been implanted in her right femoral artery. Based on the diagnosis of skin infection due to implantation of an infected prosthesis, she was hospitalized and ...