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An 11 year-old boy underwent pulmonary vegetectomy and right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit replacement for septic pulmonary embolism secondary to prosthetic conduit fungal endocarditis. He had previous surgical history of Senning/Rastelli procedure for corrected transposition of the great arteries at 5 years old. He was diagnosed with prosthetic fungal endocarditis caused by Candida parapsilosis, and suffered from growing vegetation and progressive septic pulmonary embolism despite fungal treatment. At emergent operation, pulmonary vegetectomy was performed under intermittent moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest, and infected conduit with vegetation was replaced. Approximately 2 years after the operation, he is well under anti-fungal medication.
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Nakayama, Y., Shinkawa, T., Ishido, M. et al. Septic pulmonary embolism secondary to prosthetic conduit fungal endocarditis in a child. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 71, 67–70 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-022-01890-8
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