Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A case report
Sternal infection after cardiac surgery is an infrequent post-operative complication. Aspergillus sternal osteomyelitis is a rarity. We review the case of a 77-year-old man with invasive aspergillosis of the sternum and left costal cartilage 23 years after undergoing cardiac surgery. The patient pro...
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| description | Sternal infection after cardiac surgery is an infrequent post-operative complication. Aspergillus sternal osteomyelitis is a rarity. We review the case of a 77-year-old man with invasive aspergillosis of the sternum and left costal cartilage 23 years after undergoing cardiac surgery. The patient promptly underwent surgical irrigation and debridement, followed by antifungal therapy. Clinical suspicion of sternal fungal infection should be high in patients with mediastinitis with a history of cardiac surgery. Treatment should be prompt. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43f27a5edecc418bb6d395f426d33b802022-12-22T03:52:00ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092022-01-0130e01638Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A case reportAustin Hingtgen0Rishav Aggarwal1Shreya Avilala2Azmath Mohammed3Rosemary Kelly4University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Correspondence to: 420 Delaware St. SE, MMC 207 Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St. SE, MMC 207, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USAUniversity of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USADivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St. SE, MMC 207, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USADivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St. SE, MMC 207, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USASternal infection after cardiac surgery is an infrequent post-operative complication. Aspergillus sternal osteomyelitis is a rarity. We review the case of a 77-year-old man with invasive aspergillosis of the sternum and left costal cartilage 23 years after undergoing cardiac surgery. The patient promptly underwent surgical irrigation and debridement, followed by antifungal therapy. Clinical suspicion of sternal fungal infection should be high in patients with mediastinitis with a history of cardiac surgery. Treatment should be prompt.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250922002669AspergillusOsteomyelitisSternalCABGCardiac |
| spellingShingle | Austin Hingtgen Rishav Aggarwal Shreya Avilala Azmath Mohammed Rosemary Kelly Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A case report IDCases Aspergillus Osteomyelitis Sternal CABG Cardiac |
| title | Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A case report |
| title_full | Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A case report |
| title_short | Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A case report |
| title_sort | sternal osteomyelitis caused by aspergillus fumigatus years after coronary artery bypass grafting a case report |
| topic | Aspergillus Osteomyelitis Sternal CABG Cardiac |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250922002669 |
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