Sternal wound infections and endocarditis due to organisms of the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex.

Excerpt Sternal wound infections after surgery occur in 0.5% to 6% of all patients requiring sternotomy incisions (1-4). Most infections have been due to staphylococci and aerobic gram-negative org...

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