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Case Reports
. 2016 Jul 4:5:37-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2016.07.001. eCollection 2016.

Candida famata mediastinitis. A rare complication of open heart surgery. Case report and brief review

Alfredo Alonso Sanchez Betancourt  1 , Pablo Sibaja Alvarez  2 , Rolando Arguedas Camacho  3 , Edward Guevara Espinoza  4
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Case Reports

Candida famata mediastinitis. A rare complication of open heart surgery. Case report and brief review

Alfredo Alonso Sanchez Betancourt et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Candida mediastinitis is a rare complication of open heart surgery with high mortality and morbidity usually associated with C. albicans. We are reporting the case of a 57 year old male who after having a triple coronary artery bypass graft procedure, had mediastinitis caused by Candida famata, a yeast, that had only been reported once before as the causal agent of this condition. It is of vital importance, that future cases be reported, due to the fact that both reported cases have led to patient demise.

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Fig. 1
C. famata growth on YPD medium.
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C. famata observed under light microscopy at 40x via KOH staining.
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Fluid level observed on chest CT with thickening of the anterior portion of the superior mediastinum.
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