Chawla R, Sehgal S, Kumar S Ravindra, Mishra B
Department of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi - 110 002, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007 Oct;25(4):419-21. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.37355.
We describe a case of mucormycosis of median sternotomy wound caused by Rhizopus arrhizus . The patient, a known diabetic and a case of coronary artery disease underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. In the postoperative period, patient developed infection of the median sternotomy wound, from which R. arrhizus was isolated on culture. Patient succumbed in spite of being treated with surgical debridement and amphotericin B. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of mucormycosis of median sternotomy wound from India.
我们描述了一例由少根根霉引起的正中胸骨切开术伤口毛霉病病例。该患者为已知糖尿病患者及冠状动脉疾病患者，接受了冠状动脉搭桥手术。术后，患者发生正中胸骨切开术伤口感染，培养时从中分离出少根根霉。尽管接受了手术清创和两性霉素B治疗，患者仍死亡。据我们所知，这是印度首例报道的正中胸骨切开术伤口毛霉病病例。
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