Candida famata mediastinitis. A rare complication of open heart surgery. Case report and brief review

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• 作者：Alfredo Alonso Sanchez Betancourt^a ; ^{drsanchez@usanjudas.ac.cr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Pablo Sibaja Alvarez^b ; ^c ; Rolando Arguedas Camacho^d ; Edward Guevara Espinoza^e ; ^f
• 刊名：IDCases
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：5
• 期：Complete
• 页码：37-39
• 全文大小：733 K

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Candida mediastinitis is a rare complication of open heart surgery with high mortality and morbidity usually associated with C. albicans. We are reporting the case of a 57 year old male who after having a triple coronary artery bypass graft procedure, had mediastinitis caused by Candida famata, a yeast, that had only been reported once before as the causal agent of this condition. It is of vital importance, that future cases be reported, due to the fact that both reported cases have led to patient demise.