Cryptococcal endocarditis of native valves without immunodeficiency or drug abuse: a case report

Cryptococcal endocarditis has rarely been reported. Most patients with this condition are associated with risk factors, such as structural heart disease/valve replacement, immunodeficiency/immunosuppression or drug abuse. We report a case of cryptococcal endocarditis of the native valves without any...

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Autores principales: Li, Yimin, He, Shenghu, Lu, Zhiping, Ding, Chang, Wang, Qian, Li, Quanyi, Pan, Yang, Huang, Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7720320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33275495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520970763
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Sumario:Cryptococcal endocarditis has rarely been reported. Most patients with this condition are associated with risk factors, such as structural heart disease/valve replacement, immunodeficiency/immunosuppression or drug abuse. We report a case of cryptococcal endocarditis of the native valves without any risk factors. A 50-year-old Chinese man was admitted to hospital with fever for 1 month without any underlying heart disease, immunodeficiency, or drug use. He was diagnosed as having Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis and was discharged after valve replacement surgery and long-term antifungal therapy.

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