Mediastinitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus with ruptured aortic pseudoaneurysm in a heart transplant recipient: case study

B Byl; F Jacobs; M Antoine; M Depierreux; E Serruys; G Primo; J P Thys

Mediastinitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus with ruptured aortic pseudoaneurysm in a heart transplant recipient: case study

Heart Lung. 1993 Mar-Apr;22(2):145-7.

Authors

B Byl¹, F Jacobs, M Antoine, M Depierreux, E Serruys, G Primo, J P Thys

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Diseases Clinic, Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 8449757

Abstract

The case of a heart transplant recipient with a ruptured aortic pseudoaneurysm caused by an Aspergillus fumigatus mediastinitis is reported. Contamination of surgical fields occurring by air seeding during surgery appears to be the most probable source of infection. Subtle infectious signs of the wound and subacute course are remarkable features of this case.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm / etiology*
Aortic Rupture / etiology*
Aspergillosis / complications*
Aspergillosis / epidemiology
Aspergillosis / microbiology
Aspergillus fumigatus*
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects
Incidence
Male
Mediastinitis / complications*
Mediastinitis / epidemiology
Mediastinitis / microbiology
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Surgical Wound Infection / complications*
Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology