ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2022
Cryptococcus neoformans endocarditis in an immunocompetentpatient a case report.
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- Cryptococcal Endocarditis in Humans-A Narrative Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Medical Device-Associated Infections Caused by Biofilm-Forming Microbial Pathogens and Controlling Strategies.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Editorial: Emerging fungal pathogens: perspectives.Frontiers in fungal biology · 2024Article
- Medical Device-Associated Healthcare Infections: Sterilization and the Potential of Novel Biological Approaches to Ensure Patient Safety.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Correction to: Cryptococcus neoformans endocarditis in an immunocompetentpatient a case report.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Cryptococcosis in Southern China: Insights from a Six-Year Retrospective Study in Eastern Guangdong.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Rapidly Progressive Multiple Ischemic Lesions Caused byCase reports in neurologyArticle
- Mitral valve infective endocarditis as a manifestation of disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection: a case report.Archivos peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascularArticle
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- Erratum issued
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundCryptococcus neoformans is an invasive fungal infection commonly affecting immunocompromised patients as pneumonia or meningitis. More rarely, case reports describe Cryptococcus neoformans endocarditis, though nearly exclusively among patients with active immunosuppression, implanted cardiac devices or prosthetic valves. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a patient with underlying substance abuse disorder and systolic heart failure presenting with fever, altered mental status, and shower emboli subsequently found to have native tricuspid valve vegetations and blood cultures positive for cryptococcus neoformans in the absence of immunosuppression.
conclusionsHistorically, Cryptococcus neoformans fungemia manifests clinically as pneumonia or meningitis among the immunosuppressed. There have been rare reports of endocarditis in this population and even fewer reports of native valve endocarditis exist. The present case along with mortality reported in prior literature, suggest suspicion must be maintained in the absence of immunosuppression, even in patients with native valves.
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