The mainstay of<unk>  in acute mediastinitis secondary to cardiothoracic surgery includes clindamycin and ceftriaxone. The preferred regimen for preoperative prophylaxis against acute mediastinitis includes either a second generation cephalosporin or vancomycin. Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is a very serious complication of oropharyngeal infections that should be treated promptly with early and aggressive surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotics that provide coverage against MRSA, beta-lactamase producing gram-negative organisms, and anaerobes.
Mediastinitis medical therapy
Mediastinitis surgery
Thymoma surgery
Lung mass medical therapy
Pulmonary nodule medical therapy
Thymoma medical therapy
Superior vena cava syndrome radiation therapy
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