TY - JOUR
T1 - Bentall Endocarditis by C. Lusitaniae After COVID-19: 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
Y1 - 2022
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.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Cardiac Surgical Procedures
KW - Endocarditis
KW - Humans
KW - Immunocompromised Host
KW - Saccharomycetales
KW - COVID-19
KW - Cardiac Surgical Procedures
KW - Endocarditis
KW - Humans
KW - Immunocompromised Host
KW - Saccharomycetales
UR - https://iris.uniupo.it/handle/11579/147136
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 -