Prostatic abscess associated with Bacteroides fragilis mediastinitis after heart surgery.
(2010) Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery — Vol. 10, n° 4, p. 659-660 (2010)
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- Anaerobic mediastinitis after cardiac surgery is a rare and poorly understood condition. We observed a patient with diabetes and myelodysplastic syndrome who developed Bacteroides fragilis mediastinitis in conjunction with a prostatic abscess, several days after coronary artery bypass surgery; this hitherto unpublished observation suggests that suppurative infection of the genito-urinary tract may constitute a portal of entry for postoperative anaerobic mediastinitis in predisposed patients. Keywords: Coronary artery bypass grafts; Mediastinal infection; Complication; Infection; Comorbidity.
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Radermecker, D., Michaux, I., Louagie, Y., & Dive, A.-M. (2010). Prostatic abscess associated with Bacteroides fragilis mediastinitis after heart surgery. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 10(4), 659-660. https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.225102 (Original work published 2010)