Infect Chemother.
2012 Dec;44(6):499-503. 10.3947/ic.2012.44.6.499.
A Case of Candida pelliculosa Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Treated with Anidulafungin and Valve Replacement
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. medkid@dreamwiz.com
- 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
- KMID: 1806942
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2012.44.6.499
Abstract
- Candida pelliculosa is a rare cause of human infection. In this report, we describe a case of infective endocarditis caused by C. pelliculosa in a patient with a prosthetic heart valve. A 72-year-old female presented with a complaint of blurred vision, which she had been experiencing over a period of four weeks. Transthroasic echocardiography showed vegetation on the prosthetic mitral valve. A blood culture isolate was confirmed as C. pelliculosa.
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