Candida albicans myocardial abscess.
Cardiac candidosis is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. This case report describes persistent candidemia which did not respond to standard therapy and the patient developed a myocardial abscess.
Bhatti
Maqsood A
MA
Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. maqsood_bhatti@yahoo.com
Karmarkar
Ravindra
R
Wagner
David K
DK
D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000935:Antifungal Agents