[Lethal course of complicated vascular prosthesis infections].

Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek

Department of Intensive Care of Surgical Branches, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic, e-mail:

Published: March 2018

Presented are two cases of vascular prosthesis infections complicated by peritonitis with a lethal course. The authors describe complicated antibiotic therapy with findings, exhausted options for surgical therapy and subsequent decision that the condition was untreatable and palliative care was initiated.

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