Fungal prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis caused by Scopulariopsis species: case report and review of the literature

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 May;131(5):1181-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.12.062.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / microbiology
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Device Removal
  • Endarterectomy
  • Endocarditis / complications
  • Endocarditis / therapy*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Femoral Artery
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Leg
  • Mitosporic Fungi / isolation & purification*
  • Mitral Valve
  • Mycoses / complications
  • Mycoses / therapy*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / therapy*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Reoperation
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Amphotericin B
  • Voriconazole