Case Report and Literature Review of Prosthetic Cardiovascular Mucormycosis.
Emerg Infect Dis 2023;
29:2388-2390. [PMID:
37877713 PMCID:
PMC10617327 DOI:
10.3201/eid2911.230837]
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Abstract
We report a rare case of aorto-bi-iliac prosthetic allograft mucormycosis in a 57-year-old immunocompetent patient in France. Outcome was favorable after surgery and dual antifungal therapy with liposomal amphotericin B and isavuconazole. In a literature review, we identified 12 other cases of prosthetic vascular or heart valve mucormycosis; mortality rate was 38%.
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