FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
Authors: ROBERT H. PERSELLIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 January 1961FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERYROBERT H. PERSELLIN, M.D., OLGA M. HARING, M.D., F. JOHN LEWIS, M.D.ROBERT H. PERSELLIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, OLGA M. HARING, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, F. JOHN LEWIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-1-127 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe frequency of postcardiotomy endocarditis has been estimated to be less than 1%, and in the majority of the reported cases the offending organism has been Staphylococcus aureus.1-4 As of this writing, only two cases of fungal endocarditis following cardiac surgery have been reported, both due to Candida albicans.5, 6 This is a report of a case of Candida parakrusei endocarditis following aortic valvulotomy.CASE REPORTA 43-year-old white male entered Passavant Memorial Hospital on May 20, 1958, with a six-months' history of palpitation, dyspnea, and syncope on marked exertion. Although he had been digitalized, the symptoms had persisted and...Bibliography1. 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