title: Postoperative mediastinitis due to Salmonella.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Cantabria, Spain.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández-Ayala
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nan
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fariñas
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents