Mediastinal tissue friability-An unreported complication from Mycobacterium chimaera infection post-cardiac surgery.
Citation: Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2020 Aug 02PMID: 32740995Institution: MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute | MedStar Washington Hospital CenterDepartment: Medicine/General Internal MedicineForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Case ReportsSubject headings: IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXEDYear: 2020ISSN:- 0886-0440
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Mycobacterium chimaera can cause disseminated infection following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass and contaminated heater-cooler devices. We discuss a 41-year-old man with a disseminated M. chimaera infection following surgery for a type A aortic dissection. His presentation included cachexia and dorsalgia with a work-up revealing vertebral osteomyelitis with an epidural abscess, bone marrow, and pulmonary infiltration, and fluid collection around his aortic graft. He received 1 month of antibiotics before the explantation of infected foreign material, mediastinal debridement, and aortic reconstruction. Complications included septic shock, respiratory and renal failure, mediastinitis, and four distal aortic anastomotic dehiscences from friable tissue and persistent infection. Copyright (c) 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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