Native valve endocarditis due to Candida parapsilosis in an adult patient

• Main Authors: Krishnee Moodley (Author), Chetna Narsai Govind (Author), Abdool Kader Cassim Peer (Author), Shabbir Dawood (Author), Mohamed Hanif Hassim (Author), Julian Deonarain (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: AOSIS, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Candida endocarditis is rare, but associated with a high mortality. The most common species implicated is Candida albicans. The epidemiology of invasive Candida infections is changing, with a predominance of non-albicans species causing invasive disease. We describe a case of Candida parapsilosis en...