title: Successful treatment of prosthetic aortic valve mucormycosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: U. M. Q. Cardiología, Hospital General La Paz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain. asrecalde@jet.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Recalde
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dominguez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mate
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Larrea
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sobrino
mesh_terms: 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*