Commentary: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: Reclassifying a rare diseaseCentral Message

• Swara Bajpai, MD,
• Benjamin Wei, MD

Affiliations

Swara Bajpai, MD

Department of Surgery, General Surgery Residency Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala

Benjamin Wei, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Ala; Address for reprints: Benjamin Wei, MD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center and Birmingham VA Medical Center, 703 19th St S, Zeigler Research Building, Room 701, Birmingham, AL 35294.