Catheter-related intracardiac thrombosis: a rare complication of Candida glabrata sepsis

Acta Clin Belg. 1995;50(5):314-7. doi: 10.1080/17843286.1995.11718469.

Abstract

A 58-year-old patient suffered from persistent Candida glabrata fungaemia. Transoesophageal echocardiography detected a central venous catheter-related intracardiac thrombosis. Cardiotomy permitted the removal of the catheter and its adherent clot. Candida glabrata was cultured from the thrombus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candida / isolation & purification*
  • Candidiasis / complications
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy
  • Candidiasis / microbiology*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Sepsis / microbiology*
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Thrombosis / microbiology
  • Thrombosis / surgery

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B