Successful treatment of mucormycosis in the pulmonary artery after cardiac surgery.
Mucormycosis endocarditis after cardiovascular surgery is a rare and usually fatal complication. Here, we report one case of mucormycosis occurring in the pulmonary artery and the residual patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in a 9-year-old girl, who had been successfully cured with the combination of the emergent surgical removal of infected tissues and the subsequent antifungal drug therapy.
Chen
Lin
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. chenlin_xq@yahoo.com.cn
Xiao
Yingbin
Y
Wang
Xuefeng
X
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002437:Cefazolin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000382:microbiology*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002437:Cefazolin