title: Mediastinitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum infection following Fontan operation in a child.
abstract: Here we report a case of mediastinitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a child after a Fontan operation. To our knowledge this is the first report of atypical mycobacterial mediastinal infection after congenital heart surgery. Atypical mycobacteria can be the cause of "culture negative" sternal and thoracotomy wound infections. A brief review of the literature is included in the discussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al Rasheed
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: al Qethami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: al Faraidi
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: al Fagih
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy