Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do?
A 65-year-old female patient with Candida tropicalis infective endocarditis on the aortic valve underwent aortic valve replacement. In the postoperative period a head computer tomography revealed a left temporal arachnoid cyst, diagnosed as fungal meningitis. We outline a successful treatment approa...
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| author | Grzegorz Hirnle Michał Kapałka Michał Krawiec Tomasz Hrapkowicz |
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| description | A 65-year-old female patient with Candida tropicalis infective endocarditis on the aortic valve underwent aortic valve replacement. In the postoperative period a head computer tomography revealed a left temporal arachnoid cyst, diagnosed as fungal meningitis. We outline a successful treatment approach for this high-risk patient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ffe9198c0ae4ac3a470ae8e7917d3852024-04-20T04:17:27ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092024-01-0136e01949Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do?Grzegorz Hirnle0Michał Kapałka1Michał Krawiec2Tomasz Hrapkowicz3Correspondence to: Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantology, Silesian Medical University, Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 9, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Transplantology, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, PolandDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Transplantology, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, PolandDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Transplantology, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, PolandDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Transplantology, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, PolandA 65-year-old female patient with Candida tropicalis infective endocarditis on the aortic valve underwent aortic valve replacement. In the postoperative period a head computer tomography revealed a left temporal arachnoid cyst, diagnosed as fungal meningitis. We outline a successful treatment approach for this high-risk patient.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250924000258EndocarditisCandida tropicalisAortic valve |
| spellingShingle | Grzegorz Hirnle Michał Kapałka Michał Krawiec Tomasz Hrapkowicz Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do? IDCases Endocarditis Candida tropicalis Aortic valve |
| title | Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do? |
| title_full | Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do? |
| title_fullStr | Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do? |
| title_short | Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do? |
| title_sort | candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors what to do |
| topic | Endocarditis Candida tropicalis Aortic valve |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250924000258 |
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