Table 1 Cases of ascending aortic mycotic pseudoaneurysm formed due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection after HTX

39

Male

5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicaemia and positive urine culture

iv. Tobramycin, ceftazidime (6 weeks)

Resection, end-to-end anastomosis

8

unrelated death

Palac RT,

et al. 1991

26

Male

15

Cystic fibrosis, heart–lung transplantation, Pseudomonas aeruginosa bronchitis

iv. Unspecified antibiotics (61 days)

po. ciprofloxacin (continuously)

Direct repair (autologous pericardium)

5

operation due to recurrence, (resection of pseudoaneurysm and heterologous graft implantation), then unrelated death after 7 months

Cassart M,

et al. 1994

31

Male

2

N/A

N/A

Resection, allograft implantation

N/A

reoperation due to recurrence, then recovered

McGiffin DC,

et al. 1994

60

Male

N/A

Diabetes mellitus, mediastinitis

iv. Unspecified antibiotics (6 weeks)

Repair with allograft patch

34

recovered

Knosalla C,

et al. 1996

N/A

N/A

8

Pseudomonas pneumonia

Unspecified antibiotics (4–6 weeks)

Collagen-sealed vascular graft implantation

2

reoperation due to recurrence, then death due to bleeding through bronchial fistula

Koyanagi T,

et al. 1999

57

Male

29

Infected retained LVAD driveline

(Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

iv. Unspecified antibiotics (≥ 6 weeks)

Resection, prosthetic graft implantation, pectoralis flap

1

recovered

Tang GHL,

et al. 2011

44

Male

1.4

RVAD outflow graft infection, septicaemia (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

Unspecified antibiotics

After 3 weeks: resection, allograft implantation

N/A

N/A

Mirzaee S,

et al. 2016

45

Male

1.1

Pseudomonas isolated from previous LVAD exit site

iv. Ceftolozane/tazobactam (8 weeks)

po. ciprofloxacin (lifelong)

Resection, allograft implantation

8,3

recovered

Aye C,

et al. 2017