Candida endocarditis. A treatable form of pacemaker infection

Chest. 1993 Jan;103(1):283-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.103.1.283.

Abstract

Fungal endocarditis is a rare complication of permanent pacemaker implantation. In all reports we have identified, this infection has been fatal, diagnosed postmortem. We present a patient in whom early echocardiographic diagnosis resulted in curative surgical and antimicrobial therapy. Fungal endocarditis is an unusual, but treatable complication of permanent pacemakers.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Candidiasis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis / microbiology*
  • Heart Atria / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections
  • Pulmonary Artery / microbiology
  • Ultrasonography