title: Finegoldia magna, not a well-known infectious agent of bacteriemic post-sternotomy mediastinitis.
abstract: Post-sternotomy mediastinitis, a nosocomial infection mostly caused by staphylococci, can be life-threatening. A case of mediastinitis due to Finegoldia magna after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery was reviewed. Although this bacterium is difficult to be isolated from routine blood cultures, a F. magna bacteriemia associated with mediastinitis was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine Interne et Pneumologie, CHRU de Brest, France. Electronic address: claire.demoreuil@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Moreuil
authors.affiliation: Unité de Bactériologie, CHRU de Brest, France; EA3882-LUBEM, Université de Brest, France. Electronic address: genevieve.heryarnaud@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Héry-Arnaud
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Cardio-thoracique et vasculaire, CHRU de Brest, France. Electronic address: charles-henri.david@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Charles-Henri
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: David
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Cardio-thoracique et vasculaire, CHRU de Brest, France. Electronic address: bastien.provost@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Bastien
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Provost
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Cardio-thoracique et vasculaire, CHRU de Brest, France. Electronic address: philippe.mondine@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mondine
authors.affiliation: INSERM CIC 0502, CHRU de Brest, France. Electronic address: zarrin.alavi@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Zarrin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine Interne et Pneumologie, CHRU de Brest, France. Electronic address: luc.desaintmartin@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Saint Martin
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Cardio-thoracique et vasculaire, CHRU de Brest, France. Electronic address: eric.bezon@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bezon
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine Interne et Pneumologie, CHRU de Brest, France; EA3882-LUBEM, Université de Brest, France. Electronic address: rozenn.leberre@chu-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Rozenn Le
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Berre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection; D000068536:Bacillota; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D056346:Sternotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Anaerobes; Finegoldia magna; Mediastinitis