Endocardite por Cândida parapsilosis após correcção total de tetralogia de Fallot. Tratamento médico-cirúrgico.
Three children with Candida Parapsilosis endocarditis after total surgical correction for Tetralogy of Fallot, are reported. Blood cultures became negative in one child with amphotericin-B and in the other two with Ketoconazole, before reoperation for septal patch replacement. Oral therapy with Keto...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ordem dos Médicos
1991-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Médica Portuguesa |
| Online Access: | https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/3377 |
| Summary: | Three children with Candida Parapsilosis endocarditis after total surgical correction for Tetralogy of Fallot, are reported. Blood cultures became negative in one child with amphotericin-B and in the other two with Ketoconazole, before reoperation for septal patch replacement. Oral therapy with Ketoconazole continued for a total of 24 months, and during a mean follow-up of 36 months no side effects or reinfection occurred. Medical and surgical conjoined therapy, with surgical timing decided on clinical and laboratorial grounds, were important for good results and cure. |
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| ISSN: | 0870-399X 1646-0758 |