Candida parapsilosis Endocarditis: Medical and Surgical Cure
Authors: EVA MARTIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1979)

Brief Reports1 December 1979Candida parapsilosis Endocarditis: Medical and Surgical CureEVA MARTIN, M.D., STEPHEN J. PANCOAST, M.D., HAROLD C. NEU, M.D.EVA MARTIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, STEPHEN J. PANCOAST, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD C. NEU, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-91-6-870 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCandida endocarditis has been associated with open heart surgery (1), prolonged intravenous therapy (such as hyperalimentation, antibiotics), and heroin addiction (2). The commonest species has beenCandida parapsilosis, in approximately 50% of cases (3-5). Treatment with either antifungal agents or surgery alone has resulted in a poor survival rate (7% to 14.5%), whereas combined medical and surgical therapy has had a more promising outlook (55% to 80% survival rate) (6). Adequate medical follow-up of treated survivors of candida endocarditis has been poor (7, 8). We report a surviving patient who had provenCandida parapsilosisaortic valve endocarditis with surgically confirmed...References1. SEELIGSPETHKOZININTSACHDJIANTONIGOLDBERG MCPCEP. Patterns of Candida endocarditis following cardiac surgery: importance of early diagnosis and therapy. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1974;17:125-60. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. STIMMELDONOSODACK BES. Comparison of infective endocarditis in drug addicts and non-drug users. Am J Cardiol. 1973;32:924-32. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. UTLEYMILLSHUTCHINSONEDMUNDSSANDERSONROE JJJLRB. Valve replacement for bacterial and fungal endocarditis: a comparative study. Circulation. 1973;48 (suppl III):III 42-9. Google Scholar4. TURNIERKAYBERNSTEINMENDEZZUBIATE EJSAP. Surgical treatment of Candida endocarditis. Chest. 1975;67:262-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. MAYRERBROWNWEINTRAUBRAGNIPOSTIC AARMB. Successful medical therapy for endocarditis due to Candida parapsilosis: a clinical and epidemiologic study. Chest. 1978;73:546-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. GOENENREGNAERTJAUMINCHALANTTREMOUROUX MMPCJ. A case of Candida albicans endocarditis 3 years after an aortic valve replacement. J Cardiovasc Surg. 1977;18:391-6. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. PREMSINGHKAPILATECSONSMITHLOURIA NRFLD. Candida endocarditis in two patients. Arch Intern Med. 1976;136:208-12. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. RUBINSTEINNORIEGASIMBERKOFFHOLZMANRAHAL EEMRJ. Fungal endocarditis: analysis of 24 cases and review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 1975;54:331-4. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University New York, New York PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCandida parapsilosis endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser: an autopsy reportCandida psilosis ComplexCandida psilosis ComplexCandida parapsilosis Endocarditis Presenting on Native Valve With Cerebrovascular Accident and Myocardial InfarctionSuccessful Surgical Intervention for the Management of Endocarditis due to Multidrug Resistant Candida parapsilosis: Case Report and Literature ReviewA meta-analysis of medical versus surgical therapy for Candida endocarditisTransplantation of Yeast-Infected Cardiac Allografts: A Report of 2 CasesNonsurgical treatment of Candida endocarditisA case of Candida parapsilosis endocarditisImmunochemical and structural analysis of the cell wall mannan as the basis of the taxonomic reidentification of a yeast strainNNicht übliche opportunistische Mykosen bei Immundefekt/Uncommon Mycoses with ImmunodeficienciesWangiella dermatitidis endocarditis in an intravenous drug userCandida parapsilosis fungemia in burn patients: report of three casesSurgery in Active EndocarditisMARK J. DINUBILE, M.D.Relapse of Candida parapsilosis Endocarditis After Long-Term Suppression with Flucytosine: Retreatment with Valve Replacement and KetoconazoleLAWRENCE E. SAMELSON, M.D., STEPHEN A. LERNER, M.D., LEON RESNEKOV, M.D., CONSTANTINE ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, M.D. 1 December 1979Volume 91, Issue 6Page: 870-871KeywordsAntibioticsAntifungalsAortic valveCandidaEndocarditisHeroinOpen heart surgerySurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1979 PDF downloadLoading ...