The First Report of Purulent Pericarditis Associated with Aortic Stent-graft Infection Caused by Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

We herein report the first case of purulent pericarditis associated with aortic stent-graft infection in an 80-year-old Japanese man that was caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, which appropriate antibiotics failed to treat. The detailed clinical course and autopsy images revealed that purulent pericarditis associated with aortic stent-graft infection caused cardiac tamponade and eventually led to mortality. We therefore suggest that surgical procedures, including drainage, should be introduced for such cases.