Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis From Trichosporon asahii in an Immunocompetent Patient

Lizy Marial Paniagua, MD; Deepthi Sudhakar, MD; Lara Erika Perez, MD; David Miranda, MD; Pedro Urena, MD; Igor Gregoric, MD; Biswajit Kar, MD; Hani Jneid, MD; Jonalis Ramirez, MD; David Paniagua, MD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2020)

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis From Trichosporon asahii in an Immunocompetent Patient

Lizy Marial Paniagua, MD,
Deepthi Sudhakar, MD,
Lara Erika Perez, MD,
David Miranda, MD,
Pedro Urena, MD,
Igor Gregoric, MD,
Biswajit Kar, MD,
Hani Jneid, MD,
Jonalis Ramirez, MD,
David Paniagua, MD

Affiliations

Lizy Marial Paniagua, MD: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Deepthi Sudhakar, MD: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Address for correspondence: Dr. Deepthi Sudhakar, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030.
Lara Erika Perez, MD: Medicina Cardiovascular Asociada, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
David Miranda, MD: Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pedro Urena, MD: Medicina Cardiovascular Asociada, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Igor Gregoric, MD: University of Texas, Houston, Texas
Biswajit Kar, MD: University of Texas, Houston, Texas; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Hani Jneid, MD: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Jonalis Ramirez, MD: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Weil Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
David Paniagua, MD: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 5
pp. 693 – 696

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Fungal endocarditis is a rare clinical entity. This report describes an unusual case of fungal endocarditis caused by infection with Trichosporon asahii in a 20-year-old immunocompetent man who received the diagnosis 1 year following biological aortic valve replacement. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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