title: Late onset Candida parapsilosis endocarditis after surviving nosocomial candidemia in an infant with structural heart disease.
abstract: The incidence of nosocomial candidemia is increasing. Late onset endocarditis after surviving nosocomial fungemia is described in adults. We report a case of late onset Candida parapsilosis endocarditis of a structurally abnormal aortic valve in an infant surviving nosocomial candidemia.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Health Sciences Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Abhay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Divekar
authors.forename: Ivan M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rebekya
authors.forename: Reeni
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soni
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013997:Time Factors