Diagnosis and treatment of surgical site infection in vascular surgery        WU Wei-wei，LIU Chang-wei.Department of Vascular Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100032, China
Corresponding author: LIU Chang-wei，E-mail：liucw@vip.sina.com
Abstract    Surgical site infection (SSI) is an important component of hospital acquired infections. The most significant feature of vascular surgery different from other surgeries is frequent application of artificial grafts. Once SSI occurs after vascular operations with grafts, it might results in a disaster. Staphylococcus aureus and  coagulase-negative staphylococcus are the most common pathogenic bacteria for SSI after vascular surgery. Although SSI in vascular surgery often lacks of typical clinical characters, some clinical symptoms, laboratory data and certain imaging procedures may help to diagnose. In most cases of SSI after vascular procedures, the artificial grafts must be removed and sensitive antibiotics should be administered. However, for different cases, personalized management plan should be made depending on the severity and location of SSI.