Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by multidrug-resistant Candida albicans in a patient with myelodysplasia syndrome: A case report and literature review

Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by multidrug-resistant Candida albicans in a patient with myelodysplasia syndrome: A case report and literature review

Background and Purpose: Candida endocarditis is an infrequent disease with a high mortality rate, which commonly occurs in immunosuppressed patients with cardiac valve replacement. We reported a 70-year-old woman diagnosed with Candida prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). This study also involved a...

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Main Authors: Firoozeh Kermani, Tahereh Shokohi, Mahdi Abastabar, Lotfollah Davoodi, Shervin Ziabakhsh Tabari, Rozita Jalalian, Shirin Mehdipour, Roghayeh Mirzakhani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2018-09-01
Series:Current Medical Mycology
Subjects:
Amphotericin B
Antifungal resistant
Azoles
Candida endocarditis
Multi-drug resistant
Myelodysplasia syndrome
Prosthetic valve replacement
Online Access:http://cmm.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-275-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1

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