Aggarwal Abhimanyu, Hogan Karen, Paez Armando
Division of Infectious Diseases, Baystate Medical Center/University of, Massachusetts Medical School, Baystate, MA, USA.
IDCases. 2020 Jan 9;19:e00694. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00694. eCollection 2020.
endocarditis is a rare cause of culture-negative fungal endocarditis, after endocarditis. Typical risk factors include intravenous drug use, immunosuppression, prior cardiac surgery or presence of prosthetic heart valves, hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation. Common presentations include signs and symptoms consistent with endocarditis but with negative bacterial blood cultures. Here, we present a case report of a 49-year-old male without known risk factors for fungal endocarditis who presented with a stroke and found to have endocarditis. Despite surgical intervention and antifungal treatment, the outcome was fatal. This underscores the difficulty in diagnosing endocarditis and its poor prognosis, necessitating the need for early diagnosis and intervention.
真菌性心内膜炎是血培养阴性的心内膜炎的罕见病因,仅次于感染性心内膜炎。典型的危险因素包括静脉吸毒、免疫抑制、既往心脏手术或存在人工心脏瓣膜、造血干细胞或实体器官移植。常见表现包括与心内膜炎相符的体征和症状,但血细菌培养阴性。在此,我们报告一例49岁男性病例,该患者无已知的真菌性心内膜炎危险因素,因中风就诊,被发现患有真菌性心内膜炎。尽管进行了手术干预和抗真菌治疗,结果仍为死亡。这凸显了诊断真菌性心内膜炎的困难及其预后不良,因此需要早期诊断和干预。