Native Valve Candida metapsilosis Endocarditis Following a Ruptured Appendix: A Case Report

Candida parapsilosis complex has been further divided into C. parapsilosis, C. orthopsilosis, and C. metapsilosis. C. metapsilosis is considered to be the least virulent fungi of the complex. Candida endocarditis is uncommon but is associated with a very high mortality rate. Prosthetic or previously...

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Autores principales: Sanku, Koushik, Youssef, Dima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8837418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35165626
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21178
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description Candida parapsilosis complex has been further divided into C. parapsilosis, C. orthopsilosis, and C. metapsilosis. C. metapsilosis is considered to be the least virulent fungi of the complex. Candida endocarditis is uncommon but is associated with a very high mortality rate. Prosthetic or previously damaged valves act as common targets, but native, structurally normal valves are seldom affected.  We hereby present a case of Candida metapsilosis endocarditis involving a native aortic valve in an immunocompetent 55-year-old male who was successfully treated with surgical valve replacement and antifungal therapy. 
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spelling pubmed-88374182022-02-13 Native Valve Candida metapsilosis Endocarditis Following a Ruptured Appendix: A Case Report Sanku, Koushik Youssef, Dima Cureus Cardiology Candida parapsilosis complex has been further divided into C. parapsilosis, C. orthopsilosis, and C. metapsilosis. C. metapsilosis is considered to be the least virulent fungi of the complex. Candida endocarditis is uncommon but is associated with a very high mortality rate. Prosthetic or previously damaged valves act as common targets, but native, structurally normal valves are seldom affected.  We hereby present a case of Candida metapsilosis endocarditis involving a native aortic valve in an immunocompetent 55-year-old male who was successfully treated with surgical valve replacement and antifungal therapy.  Cureus 2022-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8837418/ /pubmed/35165626 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21178 Text en Copyright © 2022, Sanku et al. https://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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title_full Native Valve Candida metapsilosis Endocarditis Following a Ruptured Appendix: A Case Report
title_fullStr Native Valve Candida metapsilosis Endocarditis Following a Ruptured Appendix: A Case Report
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title_short Native Valve Candida metapsilosis Endocarditis Following a Ruptured Appendix: A Case Report
title_sort native valve candida metapsilosis endocarditis following a ruptured appendix: a case report
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8837418/
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