Aspergillus mediastinitis after cardiac surgery
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Postoperative mediastinitis after cardiac surgery Author
INTRODUCTION — Prior to the development of modern cardiovascular surgery, most cases of mediastinitis arose from either esophageal perforation or from contiguous spread of odontogenic or retropharyngeal infections. Rarely, primary infections of the mediastinum developed as a result of penetrating trauma or hematogenous spread of infection. However, in modern practice, most cases of mediastiniti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.01.014