A Case of Candida pelliculosa Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Treated with Anidulafungin and Valve Replacement.
- Author:
Seung Ji KANG
1
;
Mi Ok JANG
;
Hee Chang JANG
;
Sook In JUNG
;
Jong Hee SHIN
;
Kyung Hwa PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Candida pelliculosa; Anidulafungin; Infective endocarditis
- MeSH: Candida; Echinocandins; Echocardiography; Endocarditis; Female; Heart Valves; Humans; Mitral Valve; Vision, Ocular
- From:Infection and Chemotherapy 2012;44(6):499-503
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Candida pelliculosa is a rare cause of human infection. In this report, we describe a case of infective endocarditis caused by C. pelliculosa in a patient with a prosthetic heart valve. A 72-year-old female presented with a complaint of blurred vision, which she had been experiencing over a period of four weeks. Transthroasic echocardiography showed vegetation on the prosthetic mitral valve. A blood culture isolate was confirmed as C. pelliculosa.
