Candida parapsilosis: An Unusual Cause of Infective Endocarditis

Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare form of infectious endocarditis caused by fungi. Herein, we report a case of fungal pacemaker lead endocarditis. FE, especially in the setting of in-vivo cardiac devices, is on the rise. A high index of suspicion is required for its management that involves a combi...

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Autores principales: Jain, Akriti G, Guan, Jian, D'Souza, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6324854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30648085
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3553
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description Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare form of infectious endocarditis caused by fungi. Herein, we report a case of fungal pacemaker lead endocarditis. FE, especially in the setting of in-vivo cardiac devices, is on the rise. A high index of suspicion is required for its management that involves a combination of medical and surgical therapy.
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spelling pubmed-63248542019-01-15 Candida parapsilosis: An Unusual Cause of Infective Endocarditis Jain, Akriti G Guan, Jian D'Souza, Jason Cureus Cardiology Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare form of infectious endocarditis caused by fungi. Herein, we report a case of fungal pacemaker lead endocarditis. FE, especially in the setting of in-vivo cardiac devices, is on the rise. A high index of suspicion is required for its management that involves a combination of medical and surgical therapy. Cureus 2018-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6324854/ /pubmed/30648085 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3553 Text en Copyright © 2018, Jain et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Candida parapsilosis: An Unusual Cause of Infective Endocarditis
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title_fullStr Candida parapsilosis: An Unusual Cause of Infective Endocarditis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6324854/
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