[Vascular prosthesis infected with Salmonella. A rare complication of Salmonella sepsis]

A case of vascular graft infection secondary to Salmonella septicaemia is described. The patient was a 69 year old man with an aortic bifurcation graft and a femoropopliteal bypass. Despite antibiotics treatment, operation was necessary. An especially long extra-anatomical bypass was used.