Candidal Mediastinitis: An Emerging Clinical Entity
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Candidal mediastinitis: an emerging clinical entity.
Candidal mediastinitis is rare. We report nine cases encountered at our institutions since 1985; seven cases were diagnosed since 1993. All cases followed thoracic surgery, with a median time from surgery to disease onset of 11 days (range, 6-100 days). All patients received prior antibiotic therapy. Common clinical manifestations were chest wall erythema in 4 cases (44%), drainage in 5 (56%), ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/513770