Recurrent candida prosthetic endocarditis over fifteen years managed with medical therapy and four valvular surgeries: a case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Candida prosthetic endocarditis (CPE) is an uncommon disease involving less than 1 % of infective endocarditis patients and associated with high recurrence rate. Immunosuppresion, intravenous drug abuse, cardiac surgery and indwelling foreign bodies are the major risk factors for CPE. Th...

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izdano v:J Cardiothorac Surg
Main Authors: Dhakal, Bishnu P., Tribble, Curtis G., Bergin, James D., Winfrey, Sean, Carter, William H.
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520279/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26223448
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0309-7
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