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A fatal case of fungal endocarditis of the tricuspid valve associated with long-term venous catheterization and treatment with antibiotics in a patient with a history of alcohol abuse

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We report a fatal case of fungal (candidal) endocarditis of the tricuspid valve with clinico-pathologically interesting findings following and associated with candidal pneumonia during long-term central venous catheterization (CVC) for intravenous therapy and long-term treatment with antibiotics for bacterial and fungal infection in a patient with a history of alcohol abuse. We review the literature on fungal cardiac infection related to long-term catheterization and alcohol abuse, and discuss the pathogenesis.

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  1. Second Department of Pathology and First Department of Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Ehime, 791-02, Japan

    Takaaki Ohmori, Kazuhide Iwakawa, Yasushi Matsumoto, Norimasa Arita & Kazuyo Okada

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Ohmori, T., Iwakawa, K., Matsumoto, Y. et al. A fatal case of fungal endocarditis of the tricuspid valve associated with long-term venous catheterization and treatment with antibiotics in a patient with a history of alcohol abuse. Mycopathologia 139, 123–128 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006877212491

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