Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus following cardiac surgery: Case and review

Kingsley A. Asare; Maximillian Jahng; Jennifer L. Pincus; Larry Massie; Samuel A. Lee

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.003

Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus following cardiac surgery: Case and review

Kingsley A. Asare^*, Maximillian Jahng, Jennifer L. Pincus, Larry Massie, Samuel A. Lee

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Abstract

Postsurgical sternal wound infection is a serious post-operative complication of cardiac surgery. Aspergillus infection of the sternum is extremely rare. We describe a case of sternal infection due to Aspergillus in an immunocompetent patient following aortic valve replacement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4-6
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Mycology Case Reports
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.003
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

Aspergillus
Case report
Invasive aspergillosis
Sternal osteomyelitis infection

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Microbiology
Infectious Diseases

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