Recalcitrant Chest Wall Aspergillus Fumigatus Osteomyelitis After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Successful Radical Surgical and Medical Management

This report describes a 62-year-old male diabetic patient with persistent chest wall osteomyelitis that developed after repeat coronary artery bypass grafting. The chronic infection was localized to the right anterior chest wall and refractory to medical and surgical treatment including long-term an...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 2005-03, Vol.79 (3), p.1057-1059
Hauptverfasser: Elahi, Mohammed M., Mitra, Amit, Spears, Julia, McClurken, James B.
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Zusammenfassung:This report describes a 62-year-old male diabetic patient with persistent chest wall osteomyelitis that developed after repeat coronary artery bypass grafting. The chronic infection was localized to the right anterior chest wall and refractory to medical and surgical treatment including long-term antiobiotics, five separate intraoperative debridements, and reconstruction with vascularized omentum over a two-year period at outside institutions. Aggressive surgical debridement with flap reconstruction resulted in definitive management. The organism isolated from multiple intraoperative bone, cartilage, and tissue cultures yielded Aspergillus fumigatus; therapy with itraconazole was utilized for 6 months. Surgical management of osteomyelitis and costochondritis is reviewed accompanied by a literature review on this uncommon cause of chronic chest wall infection.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.119