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Treatment of Candida albicans Endocarditis: Case Report and a Review

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Candida albicans endocarditis occurs mostly in patients with congenital heart disease; open heart surgery is the greatest predisposing factor. We report on a child with truncus arteriosus communis and a large Candida vegetation within the prosthetic pulmonary valve, causing severe right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Treatment was performed successfully by surgery and administration of liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) and 5-flucytosine.

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  1. Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center, Lazarettstr. 36, D-80636 Munich, Germany. hauser@dhm.mhn.de, , , , , , DE

    M. Hauser & J. Hess

  2. Children's Hospital, University of Munich, Lindwurmstr. 4, D-80377 Munich, Germany, , , , , , DE

    B.H. Belohradsky

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Received: December 3, 2001 · Revision accepted: May 6, 2002

M. Hauser (corresponding author)

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Hauser, M., Hess, J. & Belohradsky, B. Treatment of Candida albicans Endocarditis: Case Report and a Review. Infection 31, 125–127 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-002-2187-x

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