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

Kingsley A Asare1, Maximillian Jahng2, Jennifer L Pincus3, Larry Massie3, Samuel A Lee1.   

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.

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Keywords:  Aspergillus; Case report; Invasive aspergillosis; Sternal osteomyelitis infection

Year:  2012        PMID： 24432203      PMCID： PMC3885922          DOI： 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.003

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Med Mycol Case Rep        ISSN： 2211-7539


  11 in total

1.  Diagnosis and treatment of Aspergillus flavus sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery.

Authors:  S J Vandecasteele; J R Boelaert; P Verrelst; E Graulus; B Z Gordts
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2002-09-05       Impact factor: 9.079

Review 2.  Aspergillus infections in transplant recipients.

Authors:  Nina Singh; David L Paterson
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2005-01       Impact factor: 26.132

3.  Treatment of aspergillosis: clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Authors:  Thomas J Walsh; Elias J Anaissie; David W Denning; Raoul Herbrecht; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Kieren A Marr; Vicki A Morrison; Brahm H Segal; William J Steinbach; David A Stevens; Jo-Anne van Burik; John R Wingard; Thomas F Patterson
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2008-02-01       Impact factor: 9.079

4.  Nosocomial Aspergillus flavus wound infections following cardiac surgery.

Authors:  Maurizio Florio; Massimo Marroni; Sabrina Morosi; Giuliano Stagni
Journal:  Infez Med       Date:  2004-12

5.  The impact of culture isolation of Aspergillus species: a hospital-based survey of aspergillosis.

Authors:  J R Perfect; G M Cox; J Y Lee; C A Kauffman; L de Repentigny; S W Chapman; V A Morrison; P Pappas; J W Hiemenz; D A Stevens
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2001-10-22       Impact factor: 9.079

Review 6.  Post-operative aspergillosis.

Authors:  A C Pasqualotto; D W Denning
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Infect       Date:  2006-11       Impact factor: 8.067

7.  Voriconazole versus amphotericin B for primary therapy of invasive aspergillosis.

Authors:  Raoul Herbrecht; David W Denning; Thomas F Patterson; John E Bennett; Reginald E Greene; Jörg-W Oestmann; Winfried V Kern; Kieren A Marr; Patricia Ribaud; Olivier Lortholary; Richard Sylvester; Robert H Rubin; John R Wingard; Paul Stark; Christine Durand; Denis Caillot; Eckhard Thiel; Pranatharthi H Chandrasekar; Michael R Hodges; Haran T Schlamm; Peter F Troke; Ben de Pauw
Journal:  N Engl J Med       Date:  2002-08-08       Impact factor: 91.245

8.  Sternal osteomyelitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in a patient with previously treated Hodgkin's disease.

Authors:  D Allen; S Ng; K Beaton; D Taussig
Journal:  J Clin Pathol       Date:  2002-08       Impact factor: 3.411

9.  Sternal osteomyelitis due to Aspergillus fumigatus after cardiac surgery.

Authors:  N Barzaghi; V Emmi; S Mencherini; G Minzioni; P Marone; L Minoli
Journal:  Chest       Date:  1994-04       Impact factor: 9.410

10.  Osteomyelitis of the rib caused by Aspergillus flavus following cardiac surgery.

Authors:  Susan Verghese; Thabitha Chellamma; K M Cherian
Journal:  Mycoses       Date:  2008-06-03       Impact factor: 4.377
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  6 in total

1.  Aspergillus Sternomyelitis Developed from Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis as a Late Complication to Lobectomy for Lung Cancer.

Authors:  Yuji Uehara; Hajime Kasai; Takahiro Nakajima; Nobuhiro Tanabe; Koichiro Tatsumi; Ichiro Yoshino
Journal:  Intern Med       Date:  2018-06-06       Impact factor: 1.271

2.  Progressive Back Pain due to Aspergillus nidulans Vertebral Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Surgical and Antifungal Management.

Authors:  Mark K Lyons; Matthew T Neal; Naresh P Patel; Holenarasipur R Vikram
Journal:  Case Rep Orthop       Date:  2019-07-02

3.  Another cause of chest pain: Staphylococcus aureus sternal osteomyelitis in an otherwise healthy adult.

Authors:  Thomas P Vacek; Shahnaz Rehman; Shipeng Yu; Ankush Moza; Ragheb Assaly
Journal:  Int Med Case Rep J       Date:  2014-09-12

Review 4.  Osseous Infections Caused by Aspergillus Species.

Authors:  Christos Koutserimpas; Ifigeneia Chamakioti; Konstantinos Raptis; Kalliopi Alpantaki; Georgia Vrioni; George Samonis
Journal:  Diagnostics (Basel)       Date:  2022-01-14

Review 5.  Isavuconazole in the Treatment of Aspergillus fumigatus Fracture-Related Infection: Case Report and Literature Review.

Authors:  Beatrijs Mertens; Ruth Van Daele; Melissa Depypere; Katrien Lagrou; Yves Debaveye; Joost Wauters; Stefaan Nijs; Willem-Jan Metsemakers; Isabel Spriet
Journal:  Antibiotics (Basel)       Date:  2022-03-05

Review 6.  Air pollution and health prevention: A document of reflection.

Authors:  E Bouza; F Vargas; B Alcázar; T Álvarez; A Asensio; G Cruceta; D Gracia; J Guinea; M A Gil; C Linares; P Muñoz; P Pastor; M L Pedro-Botet; X Querol; J Tovar; I Urrutia; F Villar; E Palomo
Journal:  Rev Esp Quimioter       Date:  2022-03-11       Impact factor: 2.515
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