An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-related infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, with fungal infections being particularly difficult to manage. We report a case of an immunocompetent 39-year-old male with an LVAD and an implantable cardiac device (ICD) who developed fatal Sce...

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Autores principales: Tan, Shireen Yan Ling, Chung, Shimin Jasmine, Tan, Teing Ee, Teo, Louis, Tan, Ban Hock, Tan, Yen Ee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7656191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33195980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000148
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author Tan, Shireen Yan Ling
Chung, Shimin Jasmine
Tan, Teing Ee
Teo, Louis
Tan, Ban Hock
Tan, Yen Ee
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Chung, Shimin Jasmine
Tan, Teing Ee
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description Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-related infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, with fungal infections being particularly difficult to manage. We report a case of an immunocompetent 39-year-old male with an LVAD and an implantable cardiac device (ICD) who developed fatal Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of LVAD-related S. apiospermum fungaemia.
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spelling pubmed-76561912020-11-12 An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device Tan, Shireen Yan Ling Chung, Shimin Jasmine Tan, Teing Ee Teo, Louis Tan, Ban Hock Tan, Yen Ee Access Microbiol Case Report Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-related infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, with fungal infections being particularly difficult to manage. We report a case of an immunocompetent 39-year-old male with an LVAD and an implantable cardiac device (ICD) who developed fatal Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of LVAD-related S. apiospermum fungaemia. Microbiology Society 2020-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7656191/ /pubmed/33195980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000148 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.The Microbiology Society waived the open access fees for this article.
spellingShingle Case Report
Tan, Shireen Yan Ling
Chung, Shimin Jasmine
Tan, Teing Ee
Teo, Louis
Tan, Ban Hock
Tan, Yen Ee
An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device
title An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device
title_full An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device
title_fullStr An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device
title_full_unstemmed An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device
title_short An unusual case of Scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device
title_sort unusual case of scedosporium apiospermum fungaemia in an immunocompetent patient with a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardiac device
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7656191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33195980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000148
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