Bedside transesophageal endosonography/fine-needle aspiration of posterior mediastinal lesions in critically ill patients was an effective and relatively noninvasive way to detect mediastinitis and provide material to identify the etiologic agent. It was particularly useful in postesophagectomy patients.
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