Kumaran Karthik, Ramanan Sowmya, Dharan Baiju Sasi
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jan;36(1):71-73. doi: 10.1007/s12055-019-00868-1. Epub 2019 Oct 14.
Infection of chylothorax is considered rare because chyle is inherently bacteriostatic. We report a case of an infected chylothorax occurring in a post-cardiac surgery patient caused by . Once considered a harmless saprophyte, is now recognized as an important opportunistic pathogen causing healthcare-associated infection with a propensity for antimicrobial resistance.
乳糜胸感染被认为较为罕见,因为乳糜本身具有抑菌作用。我们报告一例心脏手术后患者发生的感染性乳糜胸病例,其病因是 。 曾一度被认为是无害的腐生菌,现在被公认为是一种重要的机会性病原体,可引起医疗保健相关感染,且有产生抗菌药物耐药性的倾向。