Fatal post-operative mediastinitis and peritonitis in a paediatric patient with complex congenital cardiac disease on peritoneal dialysis Free

Abstract

is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of post-operative mediastinitis and peritonitis in a child with complex congenital cardiac disease and functional asplenia. The patient was treated unsuccessfully, initially with caspofungin alone followed by a combination of voriconazole (systemic and topical), caspofungin and intraperitoneal amphotericin B.

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