ACTA FAC MED NAISS 2018;35(4):345-350

Case report

UDC: 616.126-002.828

DOI: 10.2478/afmnai-2018-0037

Mitral-Valve Endocarditis due to Candida albicans: A Case Report

Arefeh Babazadeh¹, Soheil Ebrahimpour¹, Mohammad Taghi Salehi Omran², Zeinab Ahangar Darabi¹, Ahmad Karkhah³, Seyed Hamid Abedi⁴, Masomeh Bayani¹

¹Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran
²Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R Iran
³Student Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
⁴Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R Iran

summary


Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious infection among endovascular infections. Fungal endocarditis, especially caused by Candida albicans, is very rare, and its diagnosis is often difficult due to the negative results of blood culture and the presence of nonspecific symptoms. In this study, a patient who developed endocarditis on a normal valve due to infection with Candida albicans is presented.

Key words: endocarditis, Candida albicans, diagnosis