Candidal mediastinitis successfully treated using vacuum-assisted closure following open-heart surgery | Zendy

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Candidal mediastinitis successfully treated using vacuum-assisted closure following open-heart surgery

Author(s) -

Hiroaki Osada,

Hiroyuki Nakajima,

Mieko Morishima,

Tong Su

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1569-9293

pISSN - 1569-9285

DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivs084

Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , negative pressure wound therapy , surgery , complication , incidence (geometry) , candida albicans , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , optics , genetics

Deep sternal wound infections (DSWIs) are an uncommon but serious complication after open-heart surgery. The reported incidence of DSWIs due to Candida albicans is 0.4%, but these infections have an extremely high mortality of 56%. We herein report a rare case of a 79-year old woman who suffered from Candidal DSWI after repeated open-heart surgeries. We treated her with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). This is the rare case report that provides evidence that NPWT is a safe and suitable technique for the management of Candidal DSWIs.

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