Successful treatment of prosthetic aortic valve mucormycosis.
Mucor endocarditis after cardiovascular surgery is rare and usually fatal. We report the first known case of prosthetic aortic valve mucormycosis in a patient without predisposing risk factors who was successfully treated using a combination of early antifungal drug therapy and surgical removal of infected material.
Sanchez-Recalde
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U. M. Q. Cardiología, Hospital General La Paz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain. asrecalde@jet.es
Merino
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Dominguez
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Mate
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Larrea
J L
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Sobrino
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D001021:Aortic Valve; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*