HOMOGRAFT REPLACEMENT OF FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIC PULMONARY VALVE

Right-sided infective endocarditis is uncommon but is increasingly see n as a reflection of the prevalence of drug abuse, chronic intravenous catheters and associated congenital malformations, Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis has rarely been reported and there has been only o ne previous report of isolated pulmonary valve fungal endocarditis. Th is resolved with antimicrobials. We describe a case of isolated mycoti c pulmonary valve endocarditis resistant to existing anti-fungal chemo therapy, which necessitated pulmonary valve resection and replacement with a homograft.