Large Aortic Prosthesis Fungal Vegetation Due to Candida parapsilosis: An Uncommon Presentation

Mycopathologia. 2019 Dec;184(6):795-796. doi: 10.1007/s11046-019-00401-3. Epub 2019 Oct 31.

Authors

Melyna C Leite-Andrade¹, Cicero P Inácio^{1

2}, Fernanda Calixto³, Marcela Feitosa⁴, Diana P L Sepulveda⁴, Franz A G Santos², Maria Daniela S Buonafina², Reginaldo G Lima-Neto², Rejane P Neves⁵

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil.
² Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil.
³ HUOC - Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Brazil.
⁴ PROCAPE - Pronto Socorro Cardiológico de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
⁵ Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil. rejadel@yahoo.com.br.

PMID: 31673906
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-019-00401-3

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Aortic Valve / microbiology*
Aortic Valve / surgery
Candida parapsilosis* / drug effects
Candida parapsilosis* / growth & development
Candidiasis* / drug therapy
Candidiasis* / microbiology
Candidiasis* / pathology
Endocarditis / complications
Endocarditis / drug therapy
Endocarditis / microbiology
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Prostheses and Implants / microbiology*

Substances

Antifungal Agents