Recurrent fungal endocarditis: one case report and literature review
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    A 56-year-old female patient was admitted to a hospital because of repeated fatigue, anorexia, fever for more than one year, recurrence for 2 months and sudden left limb twitch for 10 days. In 2017, patient was diagnosed with infective endocarditis, then underwent aortic valve replacement, valve biopsy showed Candida parapsilosis, she took medicine regularly after operation and withdrew medicine after three consecutive negative blood culture. Fever and multiple organ infarction occurred again in 2018, Candida parapsilosis was isolated again from blood culture, it is suggested that fungal endocarditis may be latent and recurrence in human body for a long time, exfoliation of vegetation may embolize various organs and lead to corresponding clinical manifestations, surgery combined with drug therapy and subsequent maintenance of antifungal therapy are extremely important to improve the prognosis of patients.

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吕昕, 范宇斌, 何荣伶,等.复发性真菌性心内膜炎1例及文献复习[J].中国感染控制杂志英文版,2019,18(3):249-252. DOI:10.12138/j. issn.1671-9638.20193881.
LV Xin, FAN Yu-bin, HE Rong-ling, et al. Recurrent fungal endocarditis: one case report and literature review[J]. Chin J Infect Control, 2019,18(3):249-252. DOI:10.12138/j. issn.1671-9638.20193881.

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  • Received:May 04,2018
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