Rare Case of Fungal Endocarditis of the Right Heart
Published: 2023-04-20
Page: 14-17
Issue: 2023 - Volume 5 [Issue 1]
Meriem El-Mousaid *
Service de Cardiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Asmaa Elamraoui
Service de Cardiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Dounia Bennani
Service de Cardiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Fadoul Adam Fadoul
Service de Cardiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Fadwa Essadqi
Service de Cardiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Drighil Abdennaser
Service de Cardiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Rachida Habbal
Service de Cardiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Fungal endocarditis of the right heart constitutes a pathological entity of often delicate diagnosis, associated with a potentially severe prognosis. We report the case of a 37-year-old patient, hospitalized for Candida albicans infective endocarditis of the right heart on a tunneled hemodialysis KT, in whom the clinical history, the means of exploration as well as the therapy deployed are described.
Keywords: Fungal endocarditis, right heart, Candida albicans, hemodialysis