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C R Fernandez

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PubMed1978

Mycobacterium fortuitum epidemics after open-heart surgery.

We present the clinical and epidemiological features of Mycobacterium fortuitum epidemics involving 19 patients who underwent open-heart surgery. The source of the infection could not be identified. However, bone wax and homografts utilized at that time have been suspected. The infected patients responded poorly to antibiotic management and their courses in most cases were influenced beneficially by total sternectomy and transplantation of the omentum into the mediastinum. The emergence of M. fortuitum may represent an aggressive bacterial strain resistant to presently used broad-spectrum antibiotic drugs.

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PubMed1975

Tissue invasion by unnamed marine vibrios.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an extremely common organism of major importance as a cause of gastroenteritis, but not common as a cause of tissue infection. Of three patients who had serious localized tissue infections, one died because of an unnamed marine Vibrio infection. Vibrios are easily isolated, although their final speciation is quite difficult in view of their unsettled taxonomic position. It is hoped that agreement can be reached as to bacteriologic genealogy; perhaps then the specific pathogenic manifestations will be clarified. The clinician should consider the possibility of this pathogen in any patient with a wound related to saltwater or seafood.

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