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Successful treatment of Candida parapsilosis mural endocarditis with combined caspofungin and voriconazole |
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| Authors: | Víctor López-Ciudad María J Castro-Orjales Cristóbal León César Sanz-Rodríguez María J de la Torre-Fernández Miguel A Pérez de Juan-Romero María D Collell-Llach María D Díaz-López |
| Affiliation: | 1. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Santa María Madre-Complejo Hospitalario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain 2. Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Service, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain 3. Department of Clinical Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme de Espa?a, S.A. Madrid, Spain 4. Department of Cardiology, Hospital Santa María Madre-Complejo Hospitalario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain 5. Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Santa María Madre-Complejo Hospitalario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain |
| Abstract: | BackgroundFungal mural endocarditis is a rare entity in which the antemortem diagnosis is seldom made. Seven cases of mural endocarditis caused by Candida spp. have been collected from literature and six of these patients died after treatment with amphotericin B. |
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