Homograft replacement of fungal endocarditic pulmonary valve.
Right-sided infective endocarditis is uncommon but is increasingly seen as a reflection of the prevalence of drug abuse, chronic intravenous catheters and associated congenital malformations. Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis has rarely been reported and there has been only one previous report of isolated pulmonary valve fungal endocarditis. This resolved with antimicrobials. We describe a case of isolated mycotic pulmonary valve endocarditis resistant to existing anti-fungal chemotherapy, which necessitated pulmonary valve resection and replacement with a homograft.
Tolan
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Clarke
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Schofield
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Wells
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D000328:Adult; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous