• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Jun 2012

    Case Reports

    Candidal mediastinitis successfully treated using vacuum-assisted closure following open-heart surgery.

    • Hiroaki Osada, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Manabu Morishima, and Takamitsu Su.
    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. osahiro@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Jun 1; 14 (6): 872-4.

    AbstractDeep sternal wound infections (DSWIs) are an uncommon but serious complication after open-heart surgery. The reported incidence of DSWIs due to Candida albicans is 0.4%, but these infections have an extremely high mortality of 56%. We herein report a rare case of a 79-year old woman who suffered from Candidal DSWI after repeated open-heart surgeries. We treated her with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). This is the rare case report that provides evidence that NPWT is a safe and suitable technique for the management of Candidal DSWIs.

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