Acute lower limb ischemia complicating endocarditis due to Candida parapsilosis in a drug abuser.
Acute ischemia due to arterial embolism occurred in the right leg of a male drug abuser who had developed fungal endocarditis as a result of Candida parapsilosis. Transesophageal echocardiography aided in the diagnosis. The patient was successfully treated with fibrinolysis and surgery. The clinical features and management of this serious condition have been reviewed in the literature.
Lozano
P
P
Division of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Flores
D
D
Blanes
I
I
Rimbau
E
E
Corominas
C
C
Julia
J
J
Garcia de la Torre
A
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004617:Embolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000382:microbiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous