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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background Post cardiac surgery mediastinitis is the major infectious complication, despite the development of surgical techniques and the application of strict preventive measures. The Haemophilus influenzae mediastinitis is very rare. The mediastinitis
Badia Belarj +10 more
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Post-cardiac surgery fungal mediastinitis: clinical features, pathogens and outcome
Critical Care, 2023 Objectives The occurrence of mediastinitis after cardiac surgery remains a rare and severe complication associated with poor outcomes. Whereas bacterial mediastinitis have been largely described, little is known about their fungal etiologies.
Geoffroy Hariri +13 more
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Mediastinitis after aorto-coronary bypass surgery [PDF]
, 1997 OBJECTIVES: To identify risk factors in 60 cases of mediastinitis amongst 2512 patients (2.3%) subjected to isolated coronary bypass surgery from March 1988 through December 1995, treated by a closed irrigation/drainage system.
Antunes, MJ +4 more
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A Novel Mediastinal Drainage Tube for Mediastinitis
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015 Mediastinitis is a life-threatening disease, and effective drainage is needed to treat mediastinitis with abscess formation. We recommend an alternative drainage method using chest tube binding with a Silastic Penrose drainage tube. The use of a Silastic Penrose drainage tube may help to manage mediastinitis with abscess formation.
Dong Hoon Kang +5 more
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Aspergillus mediastinitis after cardiac surgery
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Background: Mediastinitis is a serious complication after cardiac surgery. While bacteria are the more common pathogens, fungal infections are rare. In particular, several cases of postoperative Aspergillus mediastinitis have been reported, the majority ...
Marie-Josée Caballero +8 more
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: minimally invasive thoracic surgical treatment [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To report a case series of patients with descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) who were treated with minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
Daud, Danilo Félix +5 more
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Immediate Debridement and Reconstruction with a Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap for Poststernotomy Mediastinitis [PDF]
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2012 Background Poststernotomy mediastinitis is a rare, but life-threatening complication, thus early diagnosis and proper management is essential for poststernotomy mediastinitis. The main treatment for mediastinitis is aggressive debridement.
Yu Jin Jang +5 more
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Surgical Case Reports, 2021 Background Acute mediastinitis is a rare disease that rapidly progresses with a high mortality rate. Its most common cause is direct injury of the mediastinum, including iatrogenic causes such as cardiac surgery or upper endoscopy.
Yoko Zaitsu +6 more
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Odontogenic mediastinitis: intensive therapy experience (clinical observation)
Сибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2021 Mediastinitis as complications of traumas and esophagus perforations are ill-controlled and characterized with high mortality. Yet clinical characteristics and therapeutic controllability of contact odontogenic mediastinitis are not covered enough in ...
P. G. Sysolyatin +8 more
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A case of Candida mediastinitis after dental extraction
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010 Acute mediastinitis is a serious infection involving the connective mediastinal tissue in the interpleural spaces and other thoracic structures. Candida albicans mediastinitis is a rare clinical entity associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Parisa Badiee +2 more
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