Candidemia in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices | Zendy

Shmuel Shoham | Zendy; Robyn K. Shaffer | Zendy; L. Sweet | Zendy; Roger Cooke | Zendy; Nancy Donegan | Zendy; Steven W. Boyce | Zendy

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Candidemia in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices

Author(s) -

Shmuel Shoham,

Robyn K. Shaffer,

L. Sweet,

Roger Cooke,

Nancy Donegan,

Steven W. Boyce

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/509640

Subject(s) - medicine , candida parapsilosis , candida albicans , ventricular assist device , fungemia , mortality rate , intensive care medicine , mycosis , surgery , antifungal , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , heart failure , biology

During the period 1998-2004, candidemia developed in 7 of 117 ventricular assist device recipients at our hospital, and the associated mortality rate was 71%. Five cases of candidemia were due to Candida parapsilosis, and 2 were due to Candida albicans. Three of the 7 patients with ventricular assist device-associated Candida bloodstream infections were cured, and the device was retained in 2 of the 3 patients.

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