• Burns · Feb 2018

    Case Reports

    Fungal periapical abscess and the burn patient: A report of two cases of an unreported source for systemic infection.

    • Stephen Serio, Brian Burgess, and David Voigt.
    • General Surgery Resident, Creighton University Department of Surgery, 601 N 30th Street, Omaha, 68131, Nebraska, United States. Electronic address: stephenserio@creighton.edu.
    • Burns. 2018 Feb 1; 44 (1): e13-e16.

    AbstractFungal infections in the intensive care unit are becoming a more common occurrence, especially in the care of the burn patient. Fungal infections in the critically burned patient, who by nature have a heightened inflammatory state and impaired immune response, have been found to carry a profound degree of morbidity and mortality. We present our experience in the care of severe thermal injuries; a series of patients with endodontic fungal infection which, as we found, pose a significant risk for the development of systemic infection and sepsis. Fungal periapical abscesses are a rare and, yet undescribed, potential source of systemic sepsis in the burn intensive care unit.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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