Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery

Sternal Osteomyelitis from Aspergillus fumigatus in immunocompetent patients is extremely rare with limited number of cases reported so far. Here we discuss the case of a 65-year-old female with osteomyelitis of the sternum caused by Aspergillus fumigatus after undergoing coronary artery bypass graf...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Routray, Chittaranjan, Nwaigwe, Casmiar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32274324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.03.003
_version_ 1783517374441324544
author Routray, Chittaranjan
Nwaigwe, Casmiar
author_facet Routray, Chittaranjan
Nwaigwe, Casmiar
author_sort Routray, Chittaranjan
collection PubMed
description Sternal Osteomyelitis from Aspergillus fumigatus in immunocompetent patients is extremely rare with limited number of cases reported so far. Here we discuss the case of a 65-year-old female with osteomyelitis of the sternum caused by Aspergillus fumigatus after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Patient was treated with surgical debridement and prolonged antifungal therapy; however, the course was complicated due to poor adherence to antifungal therapy.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7132061
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Elsevier
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-71320612020-04-09 Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery Routray, Chittaranjan Nwaigwe, Casmiar Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Sternal Osteomyelitis from Aspergillus fumigatus in immunocompetent patients is extremely rare with limited number of cases reported so far. Here we discuss the case of a 65-year-old female with osteomyelitis of the sternum caused by Aspergillus fumigatus after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Patient was treated with surgical debridement and prolonged antifungal therapy; however, the course was complicated due to poor adherence to antifungal therapy. Elsevier 2020-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7132061/ /pubmed/32274324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.03.003 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Routray, Chittaranjan
Nwaigwe, Casmiar
Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery
title Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery
title_full Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery
title_fullStr Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery
title_full_unstemmed Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery
title_short Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery
title_sort sternal osteomyelitis secondary to aspergillus fumigatus after cardiothoracic surgery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32274324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.03.003
work_keys_str_mv AT routraychittaranjan sternalosteomyelitissecondarytoaspergillusfumigatusaftercardiothoracicsurgery
AT nwaigwecasmiar sternalosteomyelitissecondarytoaspergillusfumigatusaftercardiothoracicsurgery

Ejemplares similares