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Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 363-365, 2004.
Article
in Japanese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-367008
ABSTRACT
An 18-year-old man underwent a Ross operation for the treatment of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis with extensive perivalvular tissue destruction. Postoperatively, he developed poststernotomy methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> mediastinitis, which was treated with one-staged irrigation, debridement and omental transfer. After 3 years of follow-up, he is doing well without any sign of infection or a graft failure.