Case Report and Literature Review of Prosthetic Cardiovascular Mucormycosis

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%.

Keywords

• mucormycosis
• fungi
• fungal infection
• Mucorales
• prosthetic vascular graft infection
• endocarditis