Case Report and Literature Review of Prosthetic Cardiovascular Mucormycosis

We report a rare case of aorto-bi-iliac prosthetic allograft mucormycosis in a 57-year-old immunocompetent patient in France. Outcome was favorable after surgery and dual antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and isavuconazole. In a literature review, we identified 12 other cases of prost...

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Autores principales: Hoellinger, Baptiste, Magnus, Louis, Ruch, Yvon, Ohana, Mickael, Hansmann, Yves, Letscher-Bru, Valérie, Lejay, Anne, Chakfé, Nabil, Danion, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10617327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37877713
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.230837
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Sumario:We report a rare case of aorto-bi-iliac prosthetic allograft mucormycosis in a 57-year-old immunocompetent patient in France. Outcome was favorable after surgery and dual antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and isavuconazole. In a literature review, we identified 12 other cases of prosthetic vascular or heart valve mucormycosis; mortality rate was 38%.

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