Can a biologic mesh survive a Candida krusei infection? A case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia

The use of biologic mesh, which is considered resistant to infection, has become common. It is preferred over synthetic mesh for use in contaminated fields. Fungal infection with infiltration of biologic mesh is rare and has not been reported. In this paper, we report a case of a patient who underwe...

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Autores principales: Abter, Elfatih I., Apelgren, Keith, Salem, Gary, Toribio, Ruben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26952146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.06.001
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author Abter, Elfatih I.
Apelgren, Keith
Salem, Gary
Toribio, Ruben
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description The use of biologic mesh, which is considered resistant to infection, has become common. It is preferred over synthetic mesh for use in contaminated fields. Fungal infection with infiltration of biologic mesh is rare and has not been reported. In this paper, we report a case of a patient who underwent multiple laparotomies and received multiple antibiotics and an azole antifungal. Biologic mesh was used, but it ultimately required removal because of chronic infection with Candida krusei. On biopsy, the yeast was found to have infiltrated the mesh.
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spelling pubmed-47627812016-03-07 Can a biologic mesh survive a Candida krusei infection? A case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia Abter, Elfatih I. Apelgren, Keith Salem, Gary Toribio, Ruben IDCases Case Report The use of biologic mesh, which is considered resistant to infection, has become common. It is preferred over synthetic mesh for use in contaminated fields. Fungal infection with infiltration of biologic mesh is rare and has not been reported. In this paper, we report a case of a patient who underwent multiple laparotomies and received multiple antibiotics and an azole antifungal. Biologic mesh was used, but it ultimately required removal because of chronic infection with Candida krusei. On biopsy, the yeast was found to have infiltrated the mesh. Elsevier 2014-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4762781/ /pubmed/26952146 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.06.001 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Apelgren, Keith
Salem, Gary
Toribio, Ruben
Can a biologic mesh survive a Candida krusei infection? A case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia
title Can a biologic mesh survive a Candida krusei infection? A case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia
title_full Can a biologic mesh survive a Candida krusei infection? A case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia
title_fullStr Can a biologic mesh survive a Candida krusei infection? A case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia
title_full_unstemmed Can a biologic mesh survive a Candida krusei infection? A case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia
title_short Can a biologic mesh survive a Candida krusei infection? A case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia
title_sort can a biologic mesh survive a candida krusei infection? a case report of infection of a biologic mesh following repair of abdominal wall hernia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26952146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.06.001
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