Prosthetic Valve Candida Endocarditis: A Case Report with 18F-FDG-PET/CT as Part of the Diagnostic Workup

Salomäki, Soile Pauliina and Saraste, Antti and Jalava-Karvinen, Päivi and Pirilä, Laura and Hohenthal, Ulla and Rodriguez, Alfredo E. (2020) Prosthetic Valve Candida Endocarditis: A Case Report with 18F-FDG-PET/CT as Part of the Diagnostic Workup. Case Reports in Cardiology, 2020. pp. 1-4. ISSN 2090-6404

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Abstract

Diagnosis of Candida spp. infective endocarditis (IE) is challenging, and diagnostic delays are common. We describe two patients with Candida spp. prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) and 18fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) as a part of diagnostic workup. We also refer to 5 other cases we found from the published literature. These cases highlight that 18F-FDG-PET/CT can improve diagnostic accuracy in prosthetic valve Candida endocarditis.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Institute Archives > Medical Science
Depositing User:	Managing Editor
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2023 05:49
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2024 03:37
URI:	http://eprint.subtopublish.com/id/eprint/1296

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