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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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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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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-002-2187-x