Acute mediastinitis is an uncommon and potentially devastating infection. Generally, mediastinitis occurs as a postoperative infection following median sternotomy. We describe a case of acute mediastinitis in a patient with ischaemic heart disease, secondary to the spread of cutaneous infection of the chest wall in the application site of transdermal nitroglycerine patches.
Acute mediastinitis: a severe complication of transdermal therapy in a patient with ischaemic heart disease. A case report / Faggian, Federica; Lattuada, Emanuela; Lanzafame, Massimiliano; Trevenzoli, Marco; Cattelan, Am; Concia, Ercole. - In: LE INFEZIONI IN MEDICINA. - ISSN 1124-9390. - STAMPA. - 11:2(2003), pp. 102-104.
Acute mediastinitis: a severe complication of transdermal therapy in a patient with ischaemic heart disease. A case report
LANZAFAME, Massimiliano;
2003-01-01
Abstract
Acute mediastinitis is an uncommon and potentially devastating infection. Generally, mediastinitis occurs as a postoperative infection following median sternotomy. We describe a case of acute mediastinitis in a patient with ischaemic heart disease, secondary to the spread of cutaneous infection of the chest wall in the application site of transdermal nitroglycerine patches.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione
