Case Reports in Pathology • Vol 2023
Coronary Stent Abscess in the Setting of Arteriovenous Graft Infection following COVID-19: An Autopsy Case Report
May 2023 • Jean Thompson Butler, Rajeshwari Chellappan, Silvio Litovsky, Sixto M. Leal, Paul Benson
While rare, coronary stent infections present with significant mortality—with most infections and further complications occurring within months of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Here, we discuss a post-COVID-19 patient who presented approximately one year after PCI for declotting of an arteriovenous graft (AVG). Upon admission, the patient was found to be bacteremic with multilobar pneumonia and an infection of the AVG. Empiric antibiotics were started, and blood cultures were subsequently positive for …