Candida albicans Osteochondromyelitis after Gastroesophageal Surgery: Two Case Reports
Candida osteochondromyelitis is a rare complication after thoracoabdominal surgery. We herein report two such cases after uncomplicated thoracoabdominal surgery, who presented with chronic postsurgical site infection and fistula. CT scans showed fistulas reaching the costochondral areas of the fifth...
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| description | Candida osteochondromyelitis is a rare complication after thoracoabdominal surgery. We herein report two such cases after uncomplicated thoracoabdominal surgery, who presented with chronic postsurgical site infection and fistula. CT scans showed fistulas reaching the costochondral areas of the fifth rib. Inflammatory parameters were not elevated. Both patients were treated successfully after the initiation of systemic antimycotic treatment and surgical debridement. We conclude that C. albicans infections should always be considered in cases of chronic postoperative surgical site infections after thoracoabdominal surgery. Additional risk factors do not need to be present. Appropriate therapy consists of the application of systemic antimycotics and surgical debridement. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b82a24aec982400faa0eb1ba4ee52d352025-08-20T02:19:11ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2021-04-01540223223410.1055/s-0041-1731854Candida albicans Osteochondromyelitis after Gastroesophageal Surgery: Two Case ReportsAbdulwares Meiwandi0Hubert Zirngibl1Ahmet Bozkurt2Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Wuppertal, GermanyDivision of Surgery II, Witten-Herdecke University, Wuppertal, GermanyDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Wuppertal, GermanyCandida osteochondromyelitis is a rare complication after thoracoabdominal surgery. We herein report two such cases after uncomplicated thoracoabdominal surgery, who presented with chronic postsurgical site infection and fistula. CT scans showed fistulas reaching the costochondral areas of the fifth rib. Inflammatory parameters were not elevated. Both patients were treated successfully after the initiation of systemic antimycotic treatment and surgical debridement. We conclude that C. albicans infections should always be considered in cases of chronic postoperative surgical site infections after thoracoabdominal surgery. Additional risk factors do not need to be present. Appropriate therapy consists of the application of systemic antimycotics and surgical debridement.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1731854candida albicansosteomyelitissternumribssurgical wound infection |
| spellingShingle | Abdulwares Meiwandi Hubert Zirngibl Ahmet Bozkurt Candida albicans Osteochondromyelitis after Gastroesophageal Surgery: Two Case Reports Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery candida albicans osteomyelitis sternum ribs surgical wound infection |
| title | Candida albicans Osteochondromyelitis after Gastroesophageal Surgery: Two Case Reports |
| title_full | Candida albicans Osteochondromyelitis after Gastroesophageal Surgery: Two Case Reports |
| title_fullStr | Candida albicans Osteochondromyelitis after Gastroesophageal Surgery: Two Case Reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Candida albicans Osteochondromyelitis after Gastroesophageal Surgery: Two Case Reports |
| title_short | Candida albicans Osteochondromyelitis after Gastroesophageal Surgery: Two Case Reports |
| title_sort | candida albicans osteochondromyelitis after gastroesophageal surgery two case reports |
| topic | candida albicans osteomyelitis sternum ribs surgical wound infection |
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