Successful Non-Surgical Treatment of Candida tropicalis Endocarditis with Liposomal Amphotericin-B (AmBisome)
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- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 32 (1) , 86-89
Abstract
Fungal endocarditis in children is most commonly a complication of palliative or curative surgery for congenital heart disease, rheumatic valvulitis and prolonged indwelling central venous and umbilical catheters. We describe here the case of a 3-y-old patient with chronic diarrhoea and prolonged total parenteral alimentation who developed severe C. tropicalis endocarditis and was treated successfully using a liposomal preparation of amphotericin-B (AmBisome) without surgical intervention.Keywords
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