Candidaemia after heart valve replacement surgery: recurrence as prosthetic valve endocarditis is an expected over one-year complication

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 May;22(5):466-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.01.019. Epub 2016 Feb 3.

Authors

A Russo¹, M Falcone¹, A Picciarella², S Giuliano¹, G Raponi¹, M Venditti³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
² Medicina d'Urgenza e Pronto Soccorso, Azienda Ospedaliera "San Filippo Neri", Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26851657
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.01.019

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Candidemia / diagnosis*
Candidemia / microbiology
Candidemia / pathology*
Endocarditis / diagnosis*
Endocarditis / microbiology
Endocarditis / pathology*
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / pathology*
Recurrence