Candida endocarditis. A treatable form of pacemaker infection.
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.
Wilson
H A
HA
Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Downes
T R
TR
Julian
J S
JS
White
W L
WL
Haponik
E F
EF
D002177:Candidiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000382:microbiology; D014463:Ultrasonography