Sternal wound infection by Trichosporon inkin following cardiac surgery.
Wound infection following cardiac surgery is well described but is rarely due to fungal infection. We describe a case of sternal wound infection caused by Trichosporon inkin with a fatal outcome, in an immunocompetent patient following aortic root surgery.
Davies
Frances
F
Department of Infection, 5th Floor North Wing, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, SE1 7EH. Frances.Davies@gstt.nhs.uk
Logan
Sarah
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Johnson
Elizabeth
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Klein
John L
JL
D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification*