Candida parapsilosis endocarditis without vegetations at Echocardiography: a case report

Natalia Vargas-Herrera; Jose M. Estrada-Grossmann; Marcos Saavedra-Velasco; Gian Marco Arango-Rojas; John Cabrera-Enríquez

doi:10.35663/amp.2023.404.2662

Natalia Vargas-Herrera Unidad de Intervenciones Estratégicas. Centro Nacional de Salud Pública. Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima-Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0948-0114
Jose M. Estrada-Grossmann Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima-Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8618-3359
Marcos Saavedra-Velasco Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Biomedicas (INICIB). Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima-Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2977-1020
Gian Marco Arango-Rojas Servicio de infectología. Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins. Lima-Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8396-6227
John Cabrera-Enríquez Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima-Peru. Servicio de Clínica Pediatrica, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen. Lima-Peru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0770-505X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35663/amp.2023.404.2662

Keywords: Candida parapsilosis, Endocarditis, Echocardiography transesophageal, Invasive Candidiasis

Abstract

Candida endocarditis is a very serious manifestation of candida infections, and it has increased in incidence over the past years. Of these, C. parapsilosis has been described as a cause of endocarditis in native valves of intravenous drug users and prosthetic valves. We report the case of a female that developed a cerebrovascular accident secondary to emboli from aortic prosthetic valve C. parapsilosis endocarditis, despite apparently normal echocardiography. She received antifungal therapy without surgical intervention.

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