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Successful Treatment of Mucormycosis in the Pulmonary Artery After Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Chen Lin,
Xiao Yingbin,
Wang Xuefeng
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2005.200382q.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mucormycosis , ductus arteriosus , complication , surgery , endocarditis , pulmonary artery , amphotericin b , cardiac surgery , infective endocarditis , artery , antifungal , dermatology
Mucormycosis endocarditis after cardiovascular surgery is a rare and usually fatal complication. Here, we report one case of mucormycosis occurring in the pulmonary artery and the residual patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in a 9‐year‐old girl, who had been successfully cured with the combination of the emergent surgical removal of infected tissues and the subsequent antifungal drug therapy.