Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections
Background. Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a pathogen that causes several human clinical illnesses, most commonly gastroenteritis. Focal infections are rare and are generally reported in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. Very few studies have reported NTS abscess as a postoperative c...
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| author | Natasha Spottiswoode Michael J. Peluso Tobias Deuse Jennifer M. Babik |
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| description | Background. Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a pathogen that causes several human clinical illnesses, most commonly gastroenteritis. Focal infections are rare and are generally reported in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. Very few studies have reported NTS abscess as a postoperative complication. Case report. We describe an elderly patient who developed NTS bacteremia and mediastinal abscess after aortic valve replacement. Conclusions. This report describes an extremely rare occurrence of an NTS mediastinal abscess complicating a surgical procedure. The patient may have acquired the pathogen from a snake kept as a family pet and likely developed bacteremia followed by seeding of the surgically damaged tissues. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-550b166829ee4885b21ad27fc2a437892025-02-03T01:28:04ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/67586726758672Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella InfectionsNatasha Spottiswoode0Michael J. Peluso1Tobias Deuse2Jennifer M. Babik3College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USADivision of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USABackground. Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a pathogen that causes several human clinical illnesses, most commonly gastroenteritis. Focal infections are rare and are generally reported in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. Very few studies have reported NTS abscess as a postoperative complication. Case report. We describe an elderly patient who developed NTS bacteremia and mediastinal abscess after aortic valve replacement. Conclusions. This report describes an extremely rare occurrence of an NTS mediastinal abscess complicating a surgical procedure. The patient may have acquired the pathogen from a snake kept as a family pet and likely developed bacteremia followed by seeding of the surgically damaged tissues.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6758672 |
| spellingShingle | Natasha Spottiswoode Michael J. Peluso Tobias Deuse Jennifer M. Babik Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections |
| title_full | Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections |
| title_fullStr | Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections |
| title_short | Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections |
| title_sort | nontyphoidal salmonella as a cause of mediastinal abscess after aortic valve replacement a case report and review of postoperative salmonella infections |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6758672 |
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