Successful treatment of prosthetic aortic valve mucormycosis

A Sanchez-Recalde; J L Merino; F Dominguez; I Mate; J L Larrea; J A Sobrino

doi:10.1378/chest.116.6.1818

Successful treatment of prosthetic aortic valve mucormycosis

Chest. 1999 Dec;116(6):1818-20. doi: 10.1378/chest.116.6.1818.

Authors

A Sanchez-Recalde¹, J L Merino, F Dominguez, I Mate, J L Larrea, J A Sobrino

Affiliation

¹ U. M. Q. Cardiología, Hospital General La Paz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 10593814
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.6.1818

Abstract

Mucor endocarditis after cardiovascular surgery is rare and usually fatal. We report the first known case of prosthetic aortic valve mucormycosis in a patient without predisposing risk factors who was successfully treated using a combination of early antifungal drug therapy and surgical removal of infected material.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases / drug therapy
Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis / diagnostic imaging
Mucormycosis / drug therapy
Mucormycosis / surgery
Mucormycosis / therapy*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
Prosthesis-Related Infections / therapy*