Mediastinitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum infection following Fontan operation in a child

A U Syed; R Hussain; A N Bhat; M al Rasheed; H al Qethami; Y al Faraidi; M R al Fagih

doi:10.3109/14017439709069553

Mediastinitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum infection following Fontan operation in a child

Scand Cardiovasc J. 1997;31(5):311-3. doi: 10.3109/14017439709069553.

Authors

A U Syed¹, R Hussain, A N Bhat, M al Rasheed, H al Qethami, Y al Faraidi, M R al Fagih

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 9406299
DOI: 10.3109/14017439709069553

Abstract

Here we report a case of mediastinitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a child after a Fontan operation. To our knowledge this is the first report of atypical mycobacterial mediastinal infection after congenital heart surgery. Atypical mycobacteria can be the cause of "culture negative" sternal and thoracotomy wound infections. A brief review of the literature is included in the discussion.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Child
Fontan Procedure*
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mediastinitis / microbiology*
Mediastinitis / therapy
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / epidemiology*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / etiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / therapy
Mycobacterium fortuitum*
Saudi Arabia / epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / therapy