title: First line treatment of Candida osteomyelitis of the sternum: Is there really a need for radical surgical debridement and reconstructive surgery in Candida osteomyelitis of the sternum after cardiac surgery?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive an Aesthetic Surgery, Academic Hospital Feldkirch, Carinagasse 47, 6807 Feldkirch, Austria. Electronic address: marion.dietl@vlkh.net.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dietl
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwabegger
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruttmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive an Aesthetic Surgery, Academic Hospital Feldkirch, Carinagasse 47, 6807 Feldkirch, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kompatscher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013249:Sternum / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*