2015
DOI: 10.1186/s13019-015-0309-7
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Recurrent candida prosthetic endocarditis over fifteen years managed with medical therapy and four valvular surgeries: a case report and review of literature

Abstract: BackgroundCandida prosthetic endocarditis (CPE) is an uncommon disease involving less than 1 % of infective endocarditis patients and associated with high recurrence rate. Immunosuppresion, intravenous drug abuse, cardiac surgery and indwelling foreign bodies are the major risk factors for CPE. There are very few reported cases of CPE where more than one surgery was performed and there has generally been limited follow up on these cases.Case presentationWe report a case of a 35 year old woman who had mitral va… Show more

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“…Estas se basan en la experticia de facultativos (o grupos de expertos con casuística experiencial), dado que son pocos los estudios clínicos aleatorizados que comparen la evolución clínica de los pacientes con manejo médico, quirúrgicos o combinado. 6 de Medicina y Cirugía…”
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“…Estas se basan en la experticia de facultativos (o grupos de expertos con casuística experiencial), dado que son pocos los estudios clínicos aleatorizados que comparen la evolución clínica de los pacientes con manejo médico, quirúrgicos o combinado. 6 de Medicina y Cirugía…”
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“…Las guías se basan en un metaanálisis publicado en 2005 por el Journal of Infection, a partir de la revisión de las historias clínicas de pacientes con endocarditis fúngica entre 1966 y 2002, que reportó como aquellos con tratamiento combinado tuvieron menor mortalidad OR (del inglés-Odds ratio-) 0,56, con un intervalo de confianza del 95% (0,16 -1,99). 6 En esta publicación se plantea también que aquellos casos que no pueden ser llevados a cambio valvular cardiaco, deben continuar terapia de supresión con fluconazol oral de por vida, como se vió en 20 de 21 pacientes que no se consideraron candidatos a cirugía, con una sobrevivencia de 95% en seis meses de seguimiento. 6,7 Las guías publicadas en 2016 por la IDSA (del inglés-Infectious Diseases Society of America-, (http://www.…”
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“…Candida endocarditis has been known to affect both native and prosthetic valves, and vegetations affecting all four heart valves have been well documented in the literature. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Other, less common, sites of infection have also been described, such as the right atrial septum, right ventricular cavity, and left atrial cavity. [22][23][24][25][26] Exogenous material in the body, such as CEID, are particularly susceptible to infection with C albicans as the microorganism produces a highly organized biofilm covered in an extracellular matrix that facilitates binding.…”
Section: A S E Rep Ortmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Other, less common, sites of infection have also been described, such as the right atrial septum, right ventricular cavity, and left atrial cavity. Surgical specimen cultures grew C albicans, which was sensitive to fluconazole.…”
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confidence: 99%