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



Authors: Soile Pauliina Salomäki, Antti Saraste, Päivi Jalava-Karvinen, Laura Pirilä, Ulla Hohenthal

Publisher: HINDAWI LTD

Publication year: 2020

Journal: Case reports in cardiology

Journal name in source: CASE REPORTS IN CARDIOLOGY

Journal acronym: CASE REP CARDIOL

Article number: 4921380

Volume: 2020

Number of pages: 4

ISSN: 2090-6404

eISSN: 2090-6412

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4921380

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/51476916


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.

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