A budding case of infectious endocarditis: Candida lusitaniae

Elham Rahmati; Adrian J Correa; Rosemary C She

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00679

A budding case of infectious endocarditis: Candida lusitaniae

IDCases. 2019 Dec 19:19:e00679. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00679. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Elham Rahmati¹, Adrian J Correa², Rosemary C She²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
² Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Abstract

This is a case of recurrent Candida lusitaniae prosthetic valve endocarditis with budding yeast and pseudohyphae on the histopathology. This case illustrates the importance of keeping vigilant in recognizing some of the emerging drug resistant Candida species in our practice.

Keywords: Amphotericin resistance; Antifungal resistance; Candida lusitaniae; Fungal endocarditis; Infective endocarditis.