| Autor: |
Gentry LO; Infectious Disease Section, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA., Nasser MM, Kielhofner M |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Texas Heart Institute journal [Tex Heart Inst J] 1995; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 81-5. |
| Abstrakt: |
Fungal endocarditis is rare and is usually caused by Aspergillus and Candida species. We present a patient with endocarditis caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis. The patient had a history of mitral valve disease and, 1 year earlier, had undergone valvuloplasty with the placement of a prosthetic Duran ring in the mitral valve position. S. brevicaulis was cultured from samples of a large vegetation on the mitral valve apparatus. The mitral valve was replaced with a St. Jude mechanical prosthesis. The patient was treated with amphotericin B but was later switched to oral itraconazole when antibiotic tests indicated susceptibility to that agent. We believe this is the 1st reported case of endocarditis caused by Scopulariopsis. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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