Catheter-related intracardiac thrombosis: a rare complication of Candida glabrata sepsis.
A 58-year-old patient suffered from persistent Candida glabrata fungaemia. Transoesophageal echocardiography detected a central venous catheter-related intracardiac thrombosis. Cardiotomy permitted the removal of the catheter and its adherent clot. Candida glabrata was cultured from the thrombus.
Department of Intensive Care, Academic Hospital, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
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Huyghens
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B