Marco Pignatti, Giampiero Dolci, Elena Zamagni, Renato Pascale, Ottavio Piccin, Alessandro Ammar, Flavia Zeneli, Maria Elisa Lozano Miralles, Katia Mancuso, Riccardo Cipriani, Pierluigi Viale, Davide Pacini, Sofia Martin-Suàrez
Sternal wound complications following cardiac surgery, including sternal dehiscence, mediastinitis, and osteomyelitis, pose significant challenges in terms of management and patient outcomes. We present a case report highlighting the complex management of a patient who underwent open heart surgery for severe aortic valve stenosis, followed by sternal wound dehiscence and sternum osteomyelitis due to extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) producing Klebsiella aerogenes . A multiple myeloma diagnosis was also suspected at the positron emission tomography (PET) scan and confirmed with bone marrow biopsy...
November 3, 2023: Microorganisms