Medical Mycology Case Reports · 2012 · 19 citations · 8 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesSurgeryCardiothoracic SurgeryMedical MicrobiologyMusculoskeletal InfectionAortic Valve DiseaseFungal InfectionsFungal PathogenesisOsteomyelitisAortic Valve ReconstructionChest Wall OsteomyelitisFungal Postoperative InfectionOperative Complication ManagementPost-sternotomy Wound ComplicationsPulmonary AspergillosisThoracic Fungal Infection
Postsurgical sternal wound infection is a serious post-operative complication of cardiac surgery. Aspergillus infection of the sternum is extremely rare. We describe a case of sternal infection due to Aspergillus in an immunocompetent patient following aortic valve replacement.
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