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Bouza E, de Alarcón A, Fariñas MC, Gálvez J, Goenaga MÁ, Gutiérrez-Díez F, Hortal J, Lasso J, Mestres CA, Miró JM, Navas E, Nieto M, Parra A, Pérez de la Sota E, Rodríguez-Abella H, Rodríguez-Créixems M, Rodríguez-Roda J, Sánchez Espín G, Sousa D, Velasco García de Sierra C, Muñoz P, Kestler M. Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Post-Surgical Mediastinitis in Adults Consensus Guidelines of the Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Infections ( SEICAV), the Spanish Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ( SECTCV) and the Biomedical Research Centre Network for Respiratory Diseases ( CIBERES). J Clin Med 2021; 10:5566. [PMID: 34884268 PMCID: PMC8658224 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10235566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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This is a consensus document of the Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Infections (SEICAV), the Spanish Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (SECTCV) and the Biomedical Research Centre Network for Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES). These three entities have brought together a multidisciplinary group of experts that includes anaesthesiologists, cardiac and cardiothoracic surgeons, clinical microbiologists, infectious diseases and intensive care specialists, internal medicine doctors and radiologists. Despite the clinical and economic consequences of sternal wound infections, to date, there are no specific guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of mediastinitis based on a multidisciplinary consensus. The purpose of the present document is to provide evidence-based guidance on the most effective diagnosis and management of patients who have experienced or are at risk of developing a post-surgical mediastinitis infection in order to optimise patient outcomes and the process of care. The intended users of the document are health care providers who help patients make decisions regarding their treatment, aiming to optimise the benefits and minimise any harm as well as the workload.
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- Emilio Bouza
- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Gregorio Marañon Health Research Institute, Complutense University of Madrid, CIBER of Respiratory Diseases—CIBERES, 28007 Madrid, Spain; (E.B.); (M.R.-C.); (P.M.)
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- Virgen Macarena University Hospital, 41009 Seville, Spain;
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital, 39008 Santander, Cantabria, Spain;
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, 28007 Madrid, Spain;
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- Plastic Surgery Department, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, 28007 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland;
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- Infectious Diseases Services, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, 28034 Madrid, Spain;
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- Cardiovascular Unit, Intensive Care Department, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Radiology, Marquez de Valdecilla University Hospital, 39008 Santander, Cantabria, Spain;
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, 28007 Madrid, Spain;
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Gregorio Marañon Health Research Institute, Complutense University of Madrid, CIBER of Respiratory Diseases—CIBERES, 28007 Madrid, Spain; (E.B.); (M.R.-C.); (P.M.)
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- Heart Clinical Management Unit, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, 29006 Malaga, Spain;
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- Infectious Diseases Department, A Coruña Hospital Complex, 15006 A Coruña, Spain;
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Gregorio Marañon Health Research Institute, Complutense University of Madrid, CIBER of Respiratory Diseases—CIBERES, 28007 Madrid, Spain; (E.B.); (M.R.-C.); (P.M.)
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Gregorio Marañon Health Research Institute, Complutense University of Madrid, CIBER of Respiratory Diseases—CIBERES, 28007 Madrid, Spain; (E.B.); (M.R.-C.); (P.M.)
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Duranti L, Tavecchio L, Leuzzi G, Pastorino U. Granulated sugar in the complex management of empyema from broncho-pleural fistula. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2017; 51:388-389. [PMID: 28186288 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Leonardo Duranti
- Thoracic Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Thoracic Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Thoracic Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Thoracic Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Park E, Long SA, Seth AK, Geringer M, Xu W, Chavez-Munoz C, Leung K, Hong SJ, Galiano RD, Mustoe TA. The use of desiccation to treat Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-infected wounds. Wound Repair Regen 2015; 24:394-401. [PMID: 26519217 DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Chronic wounds colonized with biofilm present a major burden to our healthcare system. While the current paradigm for wound healing is to maintain a moist environment, we sought to evaluate the effects of desiccation, and the ability of honey to desiccate wounds, on wound healing characteristics in Staphylococcus aureus biofilm wounds. In vivo biofilm wound healing after exposure to open-air desiccation, honey, molasses, and saline was analyzed using a rabbit ear model of S. aureus biofilm wounds previously developed by our group. Wound morphology was examined using scanning electron microscopy and granulation tissue deposition was measured using light microscopy with hematoxylin and eosin staining. Viable bacterial counts in rabbit ear biofilm wounds and scabs were measured using a drop dilution method. In vitro S. aureus growth curves were established using tryptic soy broth containing honey and glycerol. Gene expression analysis of rabbit ear wounds was performed using reverse transcription quantitative PCR. Rabbit ear S. aureus biofilm wounds exposed to open-air desiccation, honey, and molasses developed a dry scab, which displaced the majority of biofilm bacteria off of the wound bed. Wounds treated with open-air desiccation, honey, and molasses expressed lower levels of the inflammatory markers tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β at postoperative day 12 compared with wounds treated with saline, and had increased levels of granulation tissue formation. In vitro growth of S. aureus in tryptic soy broth was inhibited by the presence of honey to a greater extent than by the presence of osmolality-matched glycerol. Desiccation of chronic wounds colonized with biofilm via exposure to open air or honey leads to improved wound healing by decreasing bacterial burden and inflammation, and increasing granulation tissue formation. The ability of honey to help heal chronic wounds is at least in part due to its ability to desiccate bacterial biofilm, but other factors clearly contribute.
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- Eugene Park
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Microbiology Branch, US Army Dental and Trauma Research Detachment, Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Evaluation of risk factors for hospital mortality and current treatment for poststernotomy mediastinitis. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 59:261-7. [PMID: 21484552 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-010-0727-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Poststernotomy mediastinitis (PSM) following cardiovascular surgery remains an intractable complication associated with considerable mortality. It is therefore necessary to assess the risk factors associated with hospital mortality and evaluate the surgical treatment options for PSM. METHODS We identified 59 (2.2%) patients who developed PSM after cardiovascular surgery between January 1991 and January 2010. PSM was defined as deep sternal wound infection requiring surgical treatment. In all, 31 patients were infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and 14 patients died in hospital from PSM. A total of 51 patients were treated by simple closure or tissue flap reconstruction after débridement (traditional treatment), and 8 underwent closure or reconstruction after negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT). The risk factors for in-hospital mortality due to PSM were analyzed by comparing the characteristics of survivors and nonsurvivors. The available surgical treatments for mediastinitis were also assessed. RESULTS Univariate analysis identified age, sex, pulmonary disease, MRSA infection, prolonged mechanical ventilation and prolonged intensive care unit stay as risk factors for in-hospital mortality (P < 0.05). Multiple logistic regression analysis identified MRSA infection (odds ratio 20.263, 95% confidence interval 1.580-259.814; P = 0.0208) as an independent risk factor for hospital mortality. NPWT was associated with significantly less surgical failure than traditional treatment (P = 0.0204). There were no deaths as a result of PSM in patients who underwent NPWT irrespective of the presence of MRSA infection. CONCLUSION MRSA infection was an independent risk factor for PSM-related in-hospital mortality. NPWT may improve the prognosis for patients with MRSA mediastinitis.
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Feo MD, Vicchio M, Santè P, Cerasuolo F, Nappi G. Evolution in the treatment of mediastinitis: single-center experience. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2011; 19:39-43. [DOI: 10.1177/0218492310395789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study aimed to evaluate our 30-year experience in the treatment of deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery. Between 1979 and 2009, deep sternal wound infections occurred in 200 of 22,366 (0.89%) patients who underwent sternotomy. The study population was divided into 3 groups. In group A (62 patients; 1979–1994), an initial attempt at conservative antibiotic therapy was the rule, followed by surgery in case of failure. In group B (83 patients; 1995–2002), the treatment was in 3 steps: wound debridement and closed irrigation for 10 days; in case of failure, open dressing with sugar and hyperbaric treatment; delayed healing and negative wound cultures mandated plastic reconstruction. In group C (2002–2009), the treatment was based on early surgical debridement, vacuum application, and reconstruction using pectoralis muscle flap. Hospital mortality in group A was significantly higher than that in groups B and C. Hospital stay, time for normalization of white blood cell count and C reactive protein, and time for defervescence were significantly shorter in group C. In our experience, early surgical debridement and vacuum application followed by plastic reconstruction provided a satisfactory rate of healing and a good survival rate.
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- Marisa De Feo
- Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Second University of Naples, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplants, V. Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Second University of Naples, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplants, V. Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Second University of Naples, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplants, V. Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Second University of Naples, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplants, V. Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Second University of Naples, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplants, V. Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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De Feo M, Vicchio M, Nappi G, Cotrufo M. Role of vacuum in methicillin-resistant deep sternal wound infection. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2010; 18:360-3. [PMID: 20719787 DOI: 10.1177/0218492310375854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Between January 2002 and January 2009, 39 patients with post-cardiotomy staphylococcal deep sternal wound infection were treated primarily by a vacuum-assisted closure method (group A). Results were compared with those of 30 patients with staphylococcal deep sternal wound infection who received closed mediastinal irrigation with antibiotics (group B). The prevalence of methicillin-resistance was similarly high in both groups (64.1% in A, 56.7% in B). One group B patient died during treatment. The median healing time was significantly shorter at 13 days in group A (mean, 13.5 +/- 3.2 days) compared to 18 days (mean, 21.2 +/- 16.4 days) in group B. Deep sternal wound infection did not recur after vacuum treatment, while 7 (24%) patients in group B suffered a recurrence. Hospital stay was significantly shorter in group A (median, 30.5 days; mean, 32.2 +/- 11.3 days vs. median, 45 days; mean, 49.2 +/- 19.3 days). The significantly shorter healing time with vacuum-assisted closure was confirmed in both methicillin-sensitive (12 vs. 17 days) and methicillin-resistant infections (14 vs. 21 days). Hospital stay remained significantly shorter in group A (35 vs. 46 days) when only methicillin-resistant deep sternal wound infection was considered.
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- Marisa De Feo
- Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Second University of Naples, V Monaldi Hospital, Italy
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Durandy Y. Mediastinitis in pediatric cardiac surgery: Prevention, diagnosis and treatment. World J Cardiol 2010; 2:391-8. [PMID: 21179306 PMCID: PMC3006475 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v2.i11.391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Revised: 10/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/14/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In spite of advances in the management of mediastinitis following sternotomy, mediastinitis is still associated with significant morbidity. The prognosis is much better in pediatric surgery compared to adult surgery, but the prolonged hospital stays with intravenous therapy and frequent required dressing changes that occur with several therapeutic approaches are poorly tolerated. Prevention includes nasal decontamination, skin preparation, antibioprophylaxis and air filtration in the operating theater. The expertise of the surgical team is an additional factor that is difficult to assess precisely. Diagnosis is often very simple, being made on the basis of a septic state with wound modification, while retrosternal puncture and CT scan are rarely useful. Treatment of mediastinitis following sternotomy is always a combination of surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy. Continued use of numerous surgical techniques demonstrates that there is no consensus and the best treatment has yet to be determined. However, we suggest that a primary sternal closure is the best surgical option for pediatric patients. We propose a simple technique with high-vacuum Redon's catheter drainage that allows early mobilization and short term antibiotherapy, which thus decreases physiological and psychological trauma for patients and families. We have demonstrated the efficiency of this technique, which is also cost-effective by decreasing intensive care and hospital stay durations, in a large group of patients.
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- Yves Durandy
- Yves Durandy, Perfusion and Intensive Care Unit in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Institut Hospitalier Jacques Cartier, Avenue du Noyer Lambert, 91300 Massy, France
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Baghel PS, Shukla S, Mathur RK, Randa R. A comparative study to evaluate the effect of honey dressing and silver sulfadiazene dressing on wound healing in burn patients. Indian J Plast Surg 2009; 42:176-81. [PMID: 20368852 PMCID: PMC2845359 DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.59276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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To compare the effect of honey dressing and silver-sulfadiazene (SSD) dressing on wound healing in burn patients. Patients (n=78) of both sexes, with age group between 10 and 50 years and with first and second degree of burn of less than 50% of TBSA (Total body surface area) were included in the study, over a period of 2 years (2006-08). After stabilization, patients were randomly attributed into two groups: 'honey group' and 'SSD group'. Time elapsed since burn was recorded. After washing with normal saline, undiluted pure honey was applied over the wounds of patients in the honey group (n=37) and SSD cream over the wounds of patients in SSD group (n=41), everyday. Wound was dressed with sterile gauze, cotton pads and bandaged. Status of the wound was assessed every third and seventh day and on the day of completion of study. Patients were followed up every fortnight till epithelialization. The bacteriological examination of the wound was done every seventh day. The mean age for case (honey group) and control (SSD group) was 34.5 years and 28.5 years, respectively. Wound swab culture was positive in 29 out of 36 patients who came within 8 hours of burn and in all patients who came after 24 hours. The average duration of healing in patients treated with honey and SSD dressing at any time of admission was 18.16 and 32.68 days, respectively. Wound of all those patients (100%) who reported within 1 hour became sterile with honey dressing in less than 7 days while none with SSD. All of the wounds became sterile in less than 21 days with honey, while tthis was so in only 36.5% with SSD treated wounds. The honey group included 33 patients reported within 24 hour of injury, and 26 out of them had complete outcome at 2 months of follow-up, while numbers for the SSD group were 32 and 12. Complete outcome for any admission point of time after 2 months was noted in 81% and 37% of patients in the honey group and the SSD group. Honey dressing improves wound healing, makes the wound sterile in lesser time, has a better outcome in terms of prevention of hypertrophic scarring and post-burn contractures, and decreases the need of debridement irrespective of time of admission, when compared to SSD dressing.
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- P. S. Baghel
- Department of Surgery, MGM Medical College and MY Hospital, Indore, India
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- Department of Surgery, MGM Medical College and MY Hospital, Indore, India
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- Department of Surgery, MGM Medical College and MY Hospital, Indore, India
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- Department of Paediatrics, MGM Medical College and MY Hospital, Indore, India
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Debreceni T, Szerafin T, Galajda Z, Miskolczi S, Péterffy A. [Results of vacuum-assisted wound closure system in the treatment of sternotomy wound infections following cardiac surgery]. Magy Seb 2008; 61 Suppl:29-35. [PMID: 18504234 DOI: 10.1556/maseb.61.2008.suppl.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In the last decade a new and more effective method--the vacuum assisted wound closure (VAC)--was introduced for the treatment of the mediastinal wound infections following open heart operations. This technique gained a widespread acceptance in many countries of the world. The Centre of Cardiac Surgery of the University of Debrecen was the first to apply this treatment in Hungary. The authors evaluated the VAC therapy in a retrospective study at their institute. Between September 2002 and December 2005 62 consecutive patients were treated with this method because of wound infection in median sternotomy. Median age of 42 males and 20 females was 63,1 +/- 6,8 years (42-75). All patients had heart surgery (cardio pulmonary bypass) before they developed superficial or deep wound infection in their sternotomy site. Following exploration and radical debridement of the sternotomy wounds, VAC method was used for the treatment of infected wounds until suppuration stopped. When the wound had become macroscopically clear, reconstruction of the sternal defect was performed. This was carried out with well vascularized soft tissue flap(s) (major pectoral muscle and/or omental or pericardial fat pad) in 34 patients, sternal refixation was performed in 13 cases, while 11 patients underwent delayed secondary wound reconstruction with sutures. In one case Ley-prosthesis (sternal stabilisator metal prosthesis) was implanted. Three patients died before the sternal wound reconstruction. As a result of VAC therapy, all infected mediastinal wound cleaned up rapidly and formation of granulation tissue began. The mean period of time from the first sign of the infection to hospital discharge of the patients was 42.2 +/- 18.5 (5-185) days, while the same between sternal reconstruction and discharge was 19.9 +/- 9.6 (1-63) days. The mean duration of VAC therapy was 7.9 +/- 3.4 (1-21) days. The hospital mortality was 11.3% (7/62). Recurrence of the infection occurred in two patients (3.6%). These results suggest that Vacuum-assisted Closure system is an effective and safe method for the treatment of sternotomy wound infections following cardiac surgery. This method facilitates early clean up of infected sternotomy wounds and decreases the recurrence rate significantly.
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- Tamás Debreceni
- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Kardiológiai Intézet, Szívsebészeti Központ, Debrecen.
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Hassanzade M. New Approach for the Incidence of Ascites Syndrome in Broiler Chickens and Management Control the Metabolic Disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2009.90.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Reuters R, Boer W, Simmermacher R, Leenen L. A bag full of sugar makes your sodium go down! Nephrol Dial Transplant 2005; 20:2543-4. [PMID: 16115845 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Ralf Reuters
- Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Trouillet JL, Vuagnat A, Combes A, Bors V, Chastre J, Gandjbakhch I, Gibert C. Acute poststernotomy mediastinitis managed with debridement and closed-drainage aspiration: Factors associated with death in the intensive care unit. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005; 129:518-24. [PMID: 15746733 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study is to describe an intensive care unit's experience in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis and to identify factors associated with intensive care unit death. METHODS Over a 10-year period, 316 consecutive patients with mediastinitis occurring less than 30 days after sternotomy were treated in a single unit. First-line therapy was closed-drainage aspiration with Redon catheters. Variables recorded, including patient demographics, underlying disease classification, clinical and biologic data available at intensive care unit admission and day 3, and their association with intensive care unit mortality, were subjected to multivariate analyses. RESULTS Intensive care unit mortality (20.3%) was significantly associated with 5 variables available at admission: age greater than 70 years (odds ratio, 2.70), operation other than coronary artery bypass grafting alone (odds ratio, 2.59), McCabe class 2/3 (odds ratio, 2.47), APACHE II score (odds ratio, 1.12 per point), and organ failure (odds ratio, 2.07). After introducing day 3 variables into the logistic regression model, independent risk factors for intensive care unit death were as follows: age greater than 70 years, operations other than coronary artery bypass grafting alone, McCabe class 2/3, APACHE II score, mechanical ventilation still required on day 3, and persistently positive bacteremia. For patients receiving mechanical ventilation for less than 3 days, mortality was very low (2.4%). In contrast, for patients receiving mechanical ventilation for 3 days or longer, mortality reached 52.8% and was associated with non-coronary artery bypass grafting cardiac surgery, persistently positive bacteremia, and underlying disease. CONCLUSIONS In patients requiring intensive care for acute poststernotomy mediastinitis, age, type of cardiac surgery, underlying disease, and severity of illness at the time of intensive care unit admission were associated with intensive care unit death. Two additional factors (mechanical ventilation dependence and persistently positive bacteremia) were identified when the analyses were repeated with inclusion of day 3 patient characteristics.
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- Jean-Louis Trouillet
- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France.
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Al-Waili NS. Investigating the antimicrobial activity of natural honey and its effects on the pathogenic bacterial infections of surgical wounds and conjunctiva. J Med Food 2004; 7:210-22. [PMID: 15298770 DOI: 10.1089/1096620041224139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial activities of 10-100% (wt/vol) concentrations of new honey, stored honey, heated honey, ultraviolet-exposed honey, and heated stored honey were tested against common human pathogens, including Escherichia coli, Entrobacter cloacae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella dysenteriae, Klebsiella sp., Haemophilus influenzae, Proteus sp., Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus hemolyticus group B, and Candida albicans. Antimicrobial activity of honey was tested in acidic, neutral, or alkaline media. These were compared with similar concentrations of glucose in nutrient broth. Surgical wounds were made on the dorsum of mice and infected with S. aureus or Klebsiella sp. The wounds were treated with local application of honey four times a day or appropriate antibiotics and compared with control values. Bacterial conjunctivitis due to E. coli, Proteus sp., S. aureus, Klebsiella sp., and P. aeruginosa was induced in rats. Conjunctival application of honey four times a day or appropriate antibiotics was used for treatment and compared with control values. Growth of all the isolates was completely inhibited by 30-100% honey concentrations. The most sensitive microbes were E. coli, P. aeruginosa, and H. influenzae. Glucose showed less antimicrobial activity than honey, and many microbes showed positive culture even in 100% glucose. Heating to 80 degrees C for 1 hour decreased antimicrobial activity of both new and stored honey. Storage of honey for 5 years decreased its antimicrobial activity, while ultraviolet light exposure increased its activity against some of the microorganisms. Antimicrobial activity of honey was stronger in acidic media than in neutral or alkaline media. Single doses of honey used to prepare the 60% concentration in nutrient broth were bacteriocidal for P. aeruginosa and bacteriostatic for S. aureus and Klebsiella sp. during certain periods. Local application of raw honey on infected wounds reduced redness, swelling, time for complete resolution of lesion, and time for eradication of bacterial infection due to S. aureus or Klebsiella sp. Its potency was comparable to that of local antibiotics. Honey application into infective conjunctivitis reduced redness, swelling, pus discharge, and time for eradication of bacterial infections due to all the isolates tested.
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- Noori S Al-Waili
- Dubai Specialized Medical Center and Medical Research Laboratories, Islamic Establishment for Education, PO Box 19099, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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De Feo M, De Santo LS, Romano G, Renzulli A, Della Corte A, Utili R, Cotrufo M. Treatment of recurrent staphylococcal mediastinitis: still a controversial issue. Ann Thorac Surg 2003; 75:538-42. [PMID: 12607669 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04313-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although surgical management with early debridement and closed mediastinal irrigation has proved successful in reducing early mortality following poststernotomy deep sternal wound infection, recurrence rates are still up to 20%. This study compared the effectiveness and safety of wound dressing with granulated sugar versus early muscle flap surgery in the management of recurrent postoperative Staphylococcal mediastinitis. METHODS Between January 1995 and January 2002, 25 patients with severe recurrent staphylococcal mediastinitis were treated with granulated sugar wound dressing (group A) or with wound debridement, v-shape sternectomy and associated muscle flap surgery (group B). Clinical outcomes and perioperative data were analyzed. Outcomes were compared between the groups evaluating the length of time for normalization of white blood cell (WBC) count and of body temperature and length of hospital stay. Patient characteristics determining best treatment option were identified. Survival and incidence of recurrence at follow-up were also analyzed. RESULTS Study groups proved homogenous as to preoperative characteristics. Complete cure was achieved earlier in group A than in group B (defervescence: p = 0.0005; WBC normalization: p = 0.0001, respectively). Hospital stay was shorter in group A. A statistically significant difference was found in hospital mortality (16% overall) between the two groups with better outcomes in group A (p = 0.039). In the patient subset with the most severe preoperative profile (hemodialysis, tracheostomy, inotropic support) surgical treatment produced worse results than the sugar dressing method (p 0.048). No case of recurrence was observed. CONCLUSIONS Both treatments proved effective in recurrent type IV A Staphylococcal mediastinitis. Granulated sugar proved a safer option in severely compromised patients.
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- Marisa De Feo
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples and Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, V. Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy.
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De Feo M, Gregorio R, Della Corte A, Marra C, Amarelli C, Renzulli A, Utili R, Cotrufo M. Deep sternal wound infection: the role of early debridement surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001; 19:811-6. [PMID: 11404135 DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00676-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This retrospective chart review study aimed to evaluate whether a more aggressive staged approach can reduce morbidity and mortality following post-cardiotomy deep sternal wound infection. METHODS Between 1979 and 2000, 14620 patients underwent open heart surgery: mediastinitis developed in 124 patients (0.85%). Patients were divided in two groups: in 62 patients (Group A) (1979-1994) an initial attempt of conservative antibiotic therapy was the rule followed by surgical approach in case of failure; in 62 patients (Group B) (1995-2000) the treatment was staged in three phases: (1) wound debridement, removal of wires and sutures, closed irrigation for 10 days; (2) in case of failure open dressing with sugar and hyperbaric therapy (11 patients, 17%); (3) delayed healing and negative wound cultures mandated plastic reconstruction (three patients, 4%). Categorical values were compared using the Chi-square test, continuous data were compared by unpaired t-test. RESULTS Incidence of mediastinitis was higher in Group B (62 out of 5535; 1.3%) than in Group A (62 out of 9085; 0.7%) (P=0.007). Mean interval between diagnosis and treatment was shorter in Group B (18+/-6 days) than in group A (38+/-7 days) (P=0.001). Hospital mortality was higher in Group A (19/62; 31%) than in Group B (1 out of 62; 1.6%) (P<0.001). Hospital stay was shorter in Group B (30.5+/-3 days) than in group A (44+/-9 days) (P=0.001). In Group B complete healing was observed in all the 61 survivors: 47 cases (76%) after Stage 1; 11 (18%) after Stage 2; three (4.8%) after Stage 3. CONCLUSIONS Although partially biased by the fact that the two compared groups draw back to different decades, this study showed that an aggressive therapeutic protocol can significantly reduce morbidity and mortality of deep sternal wound infection.
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- M De Feo
- Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Respiratory Sciences, V. Monaldi Hospital, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Mediastinum. Surgery 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-57282-1_58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Berg HF, Brands WG, van Geldorp TR, Kluytmans-VandenBergh FQ, Kluytmans JA. Comparison between closed drainage techniques for the treatment of postoperative mediastinitis. Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 70:924-9. [PMID: 11016335 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01524-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is not clear which closed drainage technique is preferred as initial therapy for mediastinitis as soon as it is detected after cardiac surgery. A comparison is made between a continuous irrigation system and vacuum drainage using redon catheters. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing cardiac surgery between January 1, 1989 and January 1, 1997 was made. Patients who developed a deep surgical site infection at the sternotomy site and who were treated with one of the two closed drainage techniques were included. Patient characteristics and procedure-related variables were analyzed. Also, variables related to the drainage procedure were included. Outcome parameters were treatment failure, total hospital stay, postoperative hospital stay and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS The study population consisted of 11,488 patients, of whom 102 developed a deep surgical site infection (0.89%). The final study population consisted of 60 patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. From those, 29 were treated with continuous irrigation and 31 were treated with vacuum drainage. Both groups were comparable for patient characteristics and procedure-related variables. Treatment failure was more than three times as likely in the continuous irrigation group (relative risk: 3.2, 95% confidence interval: 1.3 to 7.7). Also, postoperative (p = 0.03) and total hospital stay (p = 0.03) were significantly longer in the group treated with continuous irrigation (mean prolongation of 14 and 13 days, respectively). After correcting for confounding, using multivariate analysis, the treatment method employed was found to be an independent and statistically significant variable associated with treatment failure (p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Closed drainage using vacuum-drainage system is the initial therapy of choice for patients with mediastinitis after cardiac surgery, because it is associated with significantly less treatment failure and a shorter stay in hospital.
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- H F Berg
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ignatius Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands.
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Sugar in its pure form, or incorporated into a paste containing an adhesive hydropolymer (gum), is a non-toxic treatment for a variety of wounds. Not only does it provide a suitable clean environment for angiogenesis to take place, but it will debride the wound surface and reduce odour. The presence of an adhesive hydropolymer seems to prevent hypergranulation, scarring and contraction.
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Newell MK, Harper ME, Fortner K, Desbarats J, Russo A, Huber SA. Does the oxidative/glycolytic ratio determine proliferation or death in immune recognition? Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000; 887:77-82. [PMID: 10668465 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07923.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Here we discuss the possibility that the way cells utilize fuel(s) for energy confers the properties that can be recognized by the immune system and, reciprocally, that recognition by the immune system can alter the balance of the cell's energy metabolism. We propose that immune recognition, of somatic cells via MHC can alter the their energy metabolism and induce a metabolic shift. We demonstrate the reciprocal relationship that inducing a shift in metabolism toward glycolysis by supplying glucose and insulin results in the upregulation of immunologically recognizable molecules such as cell surface Fas. Thus, immune recognition can induce metabolic deviation. Metabolic deviation can result in altered immune recognition and ultimately in cell proliferation, cell differentiation, or cell death.
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- M K Newell
- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05405, USA.
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Calvat S, Trouillet JL, Nataf P, Vuagnat A, Chastre J, Gibert C. Closed drainage using Redon catheters for local treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61:195-201. [PMID: 8561552 DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00921-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Continuous irrigation has been used worldwide for the treatment of acute poststernotomy mediastinitis. However, its high rate of failure led to the development of new methods, among them closed drainage with Redon catheters. METHODS We evaluated the results obtained with Redon catheters in 70 patients, and compared them to those obtained in 38 patients treated with continuous irrigation. RESULTS The two treatment groups were not different for age, type of cardiac operation, and initial severity of illness. Local failure of Redon catheter drainage occurred less frequently (20 of 38 versus 9 of 70 patients; p = 0.0001). This reduced failure rate was mainly attributable to a lower incidence of superinfections (10 of 38 versus 2 of 70 patients; p = 0.0002), but also to a lower incidence of primary failure (10 of 38 versus 7 of 70 patients; p = 0.026). Mortality was significantly decreased (15 of 38 versus 12 of 70 patients; p = 0.01). The other major advantage of this technique was the simplicity of its use. CONCLUSIONS The technique using Redon catheters should be considered an effective and convenient treatment of acute poststernotomy mediastinitis.
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- S Calvat
- Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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Willix DJ, Molan PC, Harfoot CG. A comparison of the sensitivity of wound-infecting species of bacteria to the antibacterial activity of manuka honey and other honey. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY 1992; 73:388-94. [PMID: 1447054 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1992.tb04993.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Both honey and sugar are used with good effect as dressings for wounds and ulcers. The good control of infection is attributed to the high osmolarity, but honey can have additional antibacterial activity because of its content of hydrogen peroxide and unidentified substances from certain floral sources. Manuka honey is known to have a high level of the latter. Seven major wound-infecting species of bacteria were studied to compare their sensitivity to the non-peroxide antibacterial activity of manuka honey and to a honey in which the antibacterial activity was primarily due to hydrogen peroxide. Honeys with activity in the middle of the normal range were used. A comparison of the median response of the various species of bacteria showed no significant difference between the two types of activity overall, but marked differences between the two types of activity in the rank order of sensitivity of the seven bacterial species. The non-peroxide antibacterial activity of manuka honey at a honey concentration of 1.8% (v/v) completely inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus during incubation for 8 h. The growth of all seven species was completely inhibited by both types of honey at concentrations below 11% (v/v).
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- D J Willix
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- S H Dougherty
- Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, El Paso
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- S H Dougherty
- Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, El Paso
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Thaler F, Gotainer B, Teodori G, Dubois C, Loirat P. Mediastinitis due to Nocardia asteroides after cardiac transplantation. Intensive Care Med 1992; 18:127-8. [PMID: 1613194 DOI: 10.1007/bf01705048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nocardia infection classically occurs in immuno-compromized patients. Only a few cases of mediastinal infection due to this pathogen have been described in the literature. We report a patient who developed mediastinitis due to Nocardia asteroides after cardiac transplantation. The treatment was surgical debridement, dressing, sugaring and antibiotic therapy. The emergence of a severe acute renal failure possibly induced by drug interaction between Cyclosporin, cyclines and aminoglycosides, led us to modify the antimicrobial treatment. The intravenous use of Imipenem 2 g per day and Ciprofloxacin 400 mg per day for four weeks and then oral Ciprofloxacin 1.5 g per day for 1 year, was effective and allowed a good outcome, without any drug interaction with Cyclosporin, adverse effect, graft rejection episode or infection relapse.
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- F Thaler
- Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, CMC Foch, Suresnes, France
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Ambrose U, Middleton K, Seal D. In vitro studies of water activity and bacterial growth inhibition of sucrose-polyethylene glycol 400-hydrogen peroxide and xylose-polyethylene glycol 400-hydrogen peroxide pastes used to treat infected wounds. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1991; 35:1799-803. [PMID: 1952851 PMCID: PMC245271 DOI: 10.1128/aac.35.9.1799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Water activity and bacterial growth inhibition have been studied in formulations comprising either sucrose or xylose along with polyethylene glycol 400 and hydrogen peroxide. The pastes are chemically stable for 6 months if stored at 2 to 8 degrees C and have been shown to lower water activity to levels below those essential for bacterial growth and to be bactericidal even when diluted up to 50% with serum. Of the organisms tested, Staphylococcus aureus proved the least susceptible to the bactericidal effects of these pastes, and candida and gram-negative organisms proved the most susceptible. Pastes without hydrogen peroxide were less rapidly bactericidal than pastes with hydrogen peroxide, while polyethylene glycol 400 itself was found to have considerable antimicrobial activity. It is suggested that sucrose paste may be of benefit as a treatment for infected and malodorous wounds.
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- U Ambrose
- Department of Pharmacy, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Sternal sepsis following median sternotomy is an infrequent yet devastating complication of cardiac surgery, leading to prolonged hospitalization, increased hospital expense, and a high associated morbidity and mortality. The development of sternotomy infection is multifactorial. Numerous prospective and retrospective studies have pointed to a multitude of clinical and perioperative variables as being causative, with as many other studies presenting evidence of the contrary. This has led to confusion about which clinical variables should be modified so as to minimize the individual patient's risk for developing this severe complication. Other less obvious factors also come into play. Malnutrition, whether overt or subclinical, is not uncommon in cardiac patients. Immune competency is affected by operative trauma, as well as a variety of perioperative factors including underlying nutritional status, transfusion, cardiopulmonary bypass, and anesthesia. This creates a complex milieu for the development of postoperative infection. In this review, the multiple risk factors of median sternotomy infection are studied and treatment options briefly discussed.
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- K S Ulicny
- Department of Surgery, Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati, Ohio
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Szerafin T, Vaszily M, Péterffy A. Granulated sugar treatment of severe mediastinitis after open-heart surgery. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 1991; 25:77-80. [PMID: 2063159 DOI: 10.3109/14017439109098088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Fifteen cases of mediastinitis developing after 1,164 open-heart operations (incidence 1.3%) were analyzed. Closed mediastinal irrigation was used as primary therapy in ten cases and led to complete healing in five. Granulated sugar treatment was given primarily to four patients and to five others after failure of closed mediastinal irrigation. The sugar treatment was successful in six patients with hospital stay averaging 91.6 +/- 8 days. The three other patients in this group died before discharge from hospital. During 22-month follow-up there was no recurrence of mediastinitis in the granulated sugar group, but reoperation was necessitated by sternal fistula in two of the patients with closed mediastinal irrigation. Granulated sugar treatment is effective in refractory, severe mediastinal infections.
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- T Szerafin
- Surgical Clinic No 2, Medical University Debrecen, Hungary
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Ivert T, Lindblom D, Sahni J, Eldh J. Management of deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery--Hanuman syndrome. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 1991; 25:111-7. [PMID: 1947904 DOI: 10.3109/14017439109098094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Deep sternal wound infection following open-heart surgery caused sternal osteitis in eight patients and mediastinitis in 27 during 1980-1989. The incidence of such infection was 0.5%. Infection was more common during the last 2 years than in 1980-1987 (0.8% vs. 0.4%), and when bilateral internal mammary artery grafts were dissected (3.2% vs. 0.6% when only one internal mammary artery was used). Cure of mediastinitis was achieved by primary closed irrigation in four of 13 patients and by primary open treatment in five of ten. Muscle flap was employed in totally ten patients and omentum in four before final elimination of infection. Of the 27 patients with mediastinitis, eight (30%) died in the post-operative period of cardiac failure (3 cases), disseminated infection (2), bleeding (2) or aspiration (1). The 5-year survival rate was 43%. Prosthetic value endocarditis caused one late death and necessitated one reoperation. If eradication of postoperative mediastinitis is not achieved by early diagnosis, debridement and closed irrigation, transposition of muscle or omentum should be considered.
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- T Ivert
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Les mediastinites aigues a staphylocoques a coagulase negative apres chirurgie cardiaque. Med Mal Infect 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(05)81093-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Acute mediastinitis is a serious disease that requires prompt diagnosis and aggressive treatment. In each case, treatment should be individualized to the clinical presentation and suspected cause. The authors presented a general therapeutic scheme that may be used in the initial management of patients with acute mediastinitis from nonsurgical sources.
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- B C Friedman
- Division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294
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Briozzo J, Núñez L, Chirife J, Herszage L, D'Aquino M. Antimicrobial activity of clove oil dispersed in a concentrated sugar solution. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY 1989; 66:69-75. [PMID: 2542213 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1989.tb02456.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Essential oil of clove, dispersed (0.4% v/v) in a concentrated sugar solution, had a marked germicidal effect against various bacteria and Candida albicans. Staphylococcus aureus (five strains), Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Clostridium perfringens, and Escherichia coli inoculated at a level of 10(7) cfu/ml, and C. albicans (inoculum 4.0 x 10(5) cfu/ml) were killed (greater than 99.999%) after 2-7 min in a laboratory broth supplemented with 63% (v/w) of sugar, and containing 0.4% (v/w) of essential oil of clove. Added organic matter (i.e. human or bovine serum) did not impair its antimicrobial activity. Sugar was not necessary for the antimicrobial activity of clove oil, but the concentrated sugar solution provided a good vehicle for obtaining an oil dispersion that is relatively stable for certain practical applications.
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- J Briozzo
- Departamento de Industrias, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Republica Argentina
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Kudo H, Takahashi K, Suzuki Y, Tanaka T, Miyachi Y, Imamura S. Contact dermatitis from a compound mixture of sugar and povidone-iodine. Contact Dermatitis 1988; 18:155-7. [PMID: 3365968 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1988.tb04502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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2 patients with leg ulcers got worse after the application of a compound mixture of sugar and povidone-iodine (sugar/PI compound). Because they had been suffering from stasis dermatitis, symptoms of contact dermatitis were ambiguous. Patch tests showed positive reactions to 10% povidone-iodine in water and 5% potassium iodide in water, with no response to sugar. They were also tested with sugar/PI compound, containing 3% povidone-iodine, resulting in another positive reaction. They improved after the application of sugar/PI compound was discontinued. Contact dermatitis from topical agents should be considered as more probable than angry back syndrome in cases of leg ulcer.
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- H Kudo
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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- City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
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Voiriot P, Marcoux JA, Duperval R, Teijeira J. Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis: prognostic usefulness of an early medicosurgical therapy. INFECTION CONTROL : IC 1987; 8:325-8. [PMID: 3654127 DOI: 10.1017/s019594170006642x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Six cases of acute Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis after median sternotomy were reported. Five resulted from an asymptomatic disseminator of S aureus present in the operating room. Each case was characterized by an acute bacteremic phase, occurring after a mean interval of 8.2 +/- 1.7 days after the surgical procedure; within 24 to 36 hours all patients had a temperature above 39 degrees C, toxic appearance, and marked leukocytosis. Pericicatricial inflammation was moderate, instability of the sternum was present in only two patients, and chest roentgenogram was not helpful in making an early diagnosis. No risk factor for mediasinitis in connection with the perioperative or postoperative periods was noted in cases compared with a control group of 103 patients. All strains of S aureus were susceptible in vitro to the antibiotic regimen used in prophylaxis. All patients underwent early surgical reopening of the mediastinum within 47 +/- 15 hours after the first sign of acute mediastinitis. Mediastinal debridement and continuous irrigation-suction with dilute povidone-iodine solution were associated with intravenous antistaphylococcal therapy for a period of four to six weeks. All patients survived and no recurrence was observed, a finding we think due to early diagnosis and aggressive medicosurgical therapy.
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- P Voiriot
- Department of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke School of Medicine, Québec, Canada
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Ellis H. Review of general surgery 1985. Postgrad Med J 1986; 62:427-44. [PMID: 3095819 PMCID: PMC2418815 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.62.728.427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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