Postoperative mediastinitis due to Salmonella.
Mediastinitis remains one of the most serious and dreaded complications of median sternotomy. Salmonella is a rare cause of mediastinal infection. The case is reported of a patient who underwent heart valve surgery and developed a Salmonella enteritidis bacteraemia in the postoperative period, which caused aortic dissection and mediastinitis.
Fernández-Ayala
Marta
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Cantabria, Spain.
Nan
Daniel
D
Gutierrez
José A
JA
Fariñas
M Carmen
MC
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents