Mycobacterium tuberculosis Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report

Infection of surgical wounds with acid-fast bacilli, including tubercle bacilli, is rare, and is poorly described in the literature. We present the case of a 74-year-old male who developed a sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, diagnosed post-morte...

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Autores principales: Parolari, Giulia, Sepulcri, Chiara, Salsano, Antonio, Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto, Marchese, Anna, Barbieri, Ramona, Guadagno, Antonio, Spina, Bruno, Santini, Francesco, Bassetti, Matteo
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8871775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35200440
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14010013
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author Parolari, Giulia
Sepulcri, Chiara
Salsano, Antonio
Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto
Marchese, Anna
Barbieri, Ramona
Guadagno, Antonio
Spina, Bruno
Santini, Francesco
Bassetti, Matteo
author_facet Parolari, Giulia
Sepulcri, Chiara
Salsano, Antonio
Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto
Marchese, Anna
Barbieri, Ramona
Guadagno, Antonio
Spina, Bruno
Santini, Francesco
Bassetti, Matteo
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description Infection of surgical wounds with acid-fast bacilli, including tubercle bacilli, is rare, and is poorly described in the literature. We present the case of a 74-year-old male who developed a sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, diagnosed post-mortem. SARS-CoV-2 infection contributed to worsened clinical conditions and surgical site infection. A high degree of suspicion to avoid unnecessary treatments and progression to severe disease with dismal prognosis is necessary in these types of infections.
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spelling pubmed-88717752022-02-25 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report Parolari, Giulia Sepulcri, Chiara Salsano, Antonio Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto Marchese, Anna Barbieri, Ramona Guadagno, Antonio Spina, Bruno Santini, Francesco Bassetti, Matteo Infect Dis Rep Case Report Infection of surgical wounds with acid-fast bacilli, including tubercle bacilli, is rare, and is poorly described in the literature. We present the case of a 74-year-old male who developed a sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, diagnosed post-mortem. SARS-CoV-2 infection contributed to worsened clinical conditions and surgical site infection. A high degree of suspicion to avoid unnecessary treatments and progression to severe disease with dismal prognosis is necessary in these types of infections. MDPI 2022-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8871775/ /pubmed/35200440 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14010013 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Parolari, Giulia
Sepulcri, Chiara
Salsano, Antonio
Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto
Marchese, Anna
Barbieri, Ramona
Guadagno, Antonio
Spina, Bruno
Santini, Francesco
Bassetti, Matteo
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report
title Mycobacterium tuberculosis Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report
title_full Mycobacterium tuberculosis Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report
title_fullStr Mycobacterium tuberculosis Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report
title_short Mycobacterium tuberculosis Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report
title_sort mycobacterium tuberculosis surgical site infection after cardiac surgery in the covid-19 era: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8871775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35200440
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14010013
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