TY - JOUR AU - Hasse, Barbara AB - Prosthetic vascular graft infections of the thoracic aorta are rare but can be fatal. Our comparison of collagen- and gelatin-coated grafts showed that collagen-coated grafts were associated with increased biofilm formation and bacterial adherence in vitro and with higher rates of perioperative vascular graft infections in vivo. TI - Polyester Vascular Graft Material and Risk for Intracavitary Thoracic Vascular Graft Infection1 JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases DO - 10.3201/eid2610.191711 DA - 2020-10-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/polyester-vascular-graft-material-and-risk-for-intracavitary-thoracic-aUflQ9ElB8 SP - 2448 EP - 2452 VL - 26 IS - 10 DP - DeepDyve ER -