Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections.
Natasha SpottiswoodeMichael J PelusoTobias DeuseJennifer M BabikPublished in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2018)
This report describes an extremely rare occurrence of an NTS mediastinal abscess complicating a surgical procedure. The patient may have acquired the pathogen from a snake kept as a family pet and likely developed bacteremia followed by seeding of the surgically damaged tissues.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve replacement
- lymph node
- escherichia coli
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic stenosis
- listeria monocytogenes
- aortic valve
- ultrasound guided
- risk assessment
- patients undergoing
- case report
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- computed tomography
- rare case
- gene expression
- ejection fraction
- positron emission tomography
- pet ct
- minimally invasive
- candida albicans
- left ventricular
- pet imaging
- coronary artery disease
- multidrug resistant