FUNGAL PURULENT CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT PATIENT

Authors
CANVER CC PATEL AK KOSOLCHAROEN P VOYTOVICH MC
Citation
Cc. Canver et al., FUNGAL PURULENT CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT PATIENT, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(6), 1998, pp. 1792-1794
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1792 - 1794
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:6<1792:FPCPIA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Purulent pericarditis caused by Candida species is rare and is associa ted with very high mortality. Immunosuppressed transplant patients are particularly susceptible to fungal infections. We report a case of Ca ndida purulent constrictive pericarditis in an immunocompromised heart transplant patient who was treated successfully with antifungal agent s, surgical drainage, and pericardiectomy. (C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.