Candida parapsilosis endocarditis without vegetations at Echocardiography: a case report

Vargas-Herrera N.; Estrada-Grossmann J.M.; Saavedra-Velasco M.; Arango-Rojas G.M.; Cabrera-Enríquez J. · Acta Medica Peruana (2023) · DOI: 10.35663/amp.2023.404.2662

Resumen

Candida endocarditis is a very serious manifestation of candida infections, and it has increased in incidence over the past years. Of these, C. parapsilosis has been described as a cause of endocarditis in native valves of intravenous drug users and prosthetic valves. We report the case of a female that developed a cerebrovascular accident secondary to emboli from aortic prosthetic valve C. parapsilosis endocarditis, despite apparently normal echocardiography. She received antifungal therapy without surgical intervention.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; Universidad Ricardo Palma; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola