DEHISCENCE OF A COMPOSITE AORTIC GRAFT (BONO AND BENTALL PROCEDURE) AND ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY ACINETOBACTER

Acinetobacter sp. are gram-negative bacteria and usually resistant to multiple antibiotics. They are a customary cause of nosocomial infecti ons, but are uncommon etiologic agents of endocarditis. We present a c ase of endocarditis caused by Acinetobacter iwoffi in a composite aort ic graft with a St. Jude prosthetic valve, using the Bone and Bentall procedure, complicated with multiple graft dehiscenses causing first a peritube pseudoaneurysm and finally severe paraprosthetic valve regur gitation to the left ventricle which required emergency surgery.