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Candida parapsilosis endocarditis 8 months after transient candidemia.

Mutahir U Khan, Shaukat Ali, Muhammad A Baig, Muhammad A Rafiq, Balendu C Vasavada, Ijaz A Khan.   

Abstract

We report a case of aortic valve endocarditis with aortic root abscess from Candida parapsilosis occurring 8 months after transient candidemia. Despite the fact that the patient was treated appropriately, candidemia persisted and later on presented with an embolic stroke as a complication of fungal endocarditis.

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Year:  2007        PMID: 17395298     DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.067

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Cardiol        ISSN: 0167-5273            Impact factor:   4.164


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Review 1.  Successful surgical intervention for the management of endocarditis due to multidrug resistant Candida parapsilosis: case report and literature review.

Authors:  Jessica Kumar; Douglas Fish; Harold Burger; Barbara Weiser; Jeffrey S Ross; David Jones; Karl Robstad; Xiaojiang Li; Vishnu Chaturvedi
Journal:  Mycopathologia       Date:  2011-05-03       Impact factor: 2.574

2.  Native Valve Candida Endocarditis Complicating Pregnancy after Abdominal Surgery.

Authors:  P Saphina; C A Mansoor; A Jemshad; Mohthash Musambil
Journal:  Heart Views       Date:  2015 Jul-Sep

3.  Candida parapsilosis prosthetic valve endocarditis.

Authors:  André Silva-Pinto; Rita Ferraz; Jorge Casanova; António Sarmento; Lurdes Santos
Journal:  Med Mycol Case Rep       Date:  2015-08-03
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