TY - JOUR
T1 - Bentall Endocarditis by C. Lusitaniae After COVID-19
T2 - The Finger Covers The Moon
AU - Quarti, Andrea Giulio
AU - Egidy Assenza, Gabriele
AU - Mangerini, Valeria Francesca
AU - Petridis, Francesco Dimitri
AU - D’Amario, Domenico
AU - Careddu, Lucio
AU - Angeli, Emanuela
AU - Gargiulo, Gaetano Domenico
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - We report a case of endocarditis months after a Bentall procedure. This was caused by Candida Lusitaniae, in an immunocompetent patient with a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection. The patient underwent a new Bentall procedure. SARS-CoV-2 has been associated with co-infection by Candida species since the beginning of the pandemic, nevertheless, Candida Lusitaniae remains a very uncommon causative agent of prosthetic endocarditis. We suggest a possible role of the SARS-CoV-2, which may have delayed the diagnosis of endocarditis and the appropriate therapy.
AB - We report a case of endocarditis months after a Bentall procedure. This was caused by Candida Lusitaniae, in an immunocompetent patient with a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection. The patient underwent a new Bentall procedure. SARS-CoV-2 has been associated with co-infection by Candida species since the beginning of the pandemic, nevertheless, Candida Lusitaniae remains a very uncommon causative agent of prosthetic endocarditis. We suggest a possible role of the SARS-CoV-2, which may have delayed the diagnosis of endocarditis and the appropriate therapy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132709053&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/21501351221083991
DO - 10.1177/21501351221083991
M3 - Article
SN - 2150-1351
VL - 13
SP - 523
EP - 525
JO - World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery
JF - World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery
IS - 4
ER -