Candida endocarditis in association with myelodysplastic syndromes: review of the literature and report of a case.
A patient with myelodysplastic syndromes (formerly described as pre-leukemia or smoldering acute leukemia) who underwent an open-heart surgery due to Candida endocarditis using cardiopulmonary bypass is reported. Pancytopenias on admission were normalized before an operation with the preoperative administration of the human colony-stimulating factors. Open-heart surgery was accomplished safely without any bleeding complications or infections.
Otaki
M
M
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kinki University Hospital, Ohno-Higashi 377-2, Osaka-Sayama-shi, Osaka 589, Japan.
Omiya
H
H
Matsumoto
T
T
Inoue
T
T
Kaneda
T
T
Kitayama
H
H
Lemura
J
J
Oka
H
H
Oku
H
H
D000328:Adult; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000473:pathology; D002175:Candida / Q000502:physiology*; D002177:Candidiasis; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D012196:Review Literature as Topic
D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors