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  • Title: [Successful medical treatment of Candida tropicalis in prosthetic valve endocarditis].
    Author: Roel JE, Gamba A, Curone M, Pescio A, Bruno C, Finquelievich J.
    Journal: Medicina (B Aires); 1998; 58(3):301-2. PubMed ID: 9713102.
    Abstract:
    Medical cure of fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is rarely reported. We describe a patient with C. tropicalis PVE in whom surgery was believed to be contraindicated. A huge tricuspid valvular vegetation was identified by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. After a total of 2 g of amphotericin B, she continued with fluconazole daily with a follow-up of fifteen months. Our patient represents the first case of long term survival of C. tropicalis PVE successfully managed without surgery.
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