Characteristics and outcomes of patients with postoperative Candida versus bacterial mediastinitis: a case-matched comparative study.
Quentin MoyonGuillaume LebretonFlorent HuangPierre DemondionCyrielle DesnosJuliette ChommelouxGuillaume HékimianNicolas BréchotAnia NieszkowskaMatthieu SchmidtPascal LeprinceAlain CombesCharles-Edouard LuytMarc Pineton de ChambrunPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)
Candida mediastinitis is a serious event after cardiac surgery and independently associated with 1-year mortality. Further studies are needed to determine whether deaths are directly attributable to Candida mediastinitis.