Sternal tuberculosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

N V Sipsas; G D Panayiotakopoulos; A Zormpala; L Thanos; C Artinopoulos; T Kordossis

doi:10.1080/003655401750174147

Sternal tuberculosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Scand J Infect Dis. 2001;33(5):387-8. doi: 10.1080/003655401750174147.

Authors

N V Sipsas¹, G D Panayiotakopoulos, A Zormpala, L Thanos, C Artinopoulos, T Kordossis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathophysiology, Laikon General Hospital and School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. nsipsas@otenet.gr

PMID: 11440229
DOI: 10.1080/003655401750174147

Abstract

We report a case of sternal tuberculosis following sternotomy, which was performed during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Although pre-operative evaluation revealed signs of asymptomatic tuberculosis of the lung, isoniazid chemoprophylaxis was not instituted, and the patient developed active tuberculosis in both the lung and sternum 5 y later.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Bypass*
Humans
Lung / microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
Osteomyelitis / microbiology
Risk Factors
Sternum / microbiology*
Sternum / surgery
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology