title: [Successful treatment of Candida albicans mediastinitis after open-heart surgery using vacuum-assisted closure device].
abstract: An 82-year-old man suffered from Candida albicans mediastinitis following emergency aortic valve replacement. After repeated debridement of the anterior portion of the mediastinum, we applied a vacuum assisted closure device with UrgoTul Absorb placed on the right ventricle. Despite relatively short-term application of this device, mediastinitis was cured in combination with transposition of the great omentum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishiya
authors.forename: Yoshito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakon
authors.forename: Yasunobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saji
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanemitsu
authors.forename: Tadaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000628:therapy*; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications