Don’t Stop Beleafing

Don’t Stop Beleafing

We present the case of a 60-year-old man who was successfully treated for obstructive fungal infective endocarditis of the ascending aorta caused by Geotrichum capitatum. This extremely rare cause of fungal infective endocarditis required surgical and prolonged medical management, facilitated by eff...

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Main Authors: Samuel Seitler, MBChB, BS (Hons), Charo Bruce, MBBS, MS, Ulrich Rosendahl, MD, Elena Crucerescu, MD, PhD, Darryl Shore, MD, Justyna Rybicka, MD, PhD, Thomas Semple, MBBS, BS, Wei Li, MD, PhD, Michael A. Gatzoulis, MD, PhD, Nada Al-Sakini, MBChB, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
cardiac surgery
congenital
fungal infective endocarditis
Geotrichum capitatum
β-D-glucan
multidisciplinary team
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084921001868
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spelling doaj-d1ceea7eda024be79aa9bccae5c5b49f2021-06-07T07:06:57ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492021-04-0134672677Don’t Stop BeleafingSamuel Seitler, MBChB, BS (Hons)0Charo Bruce, MBBS, MS1Ulrich Rosendahl, MD2Elena Crucerescu, MD, PhD3Darryl Shore, MD4Justyna Rybicka, MD, PhD5Thomas Semple, MBBS, BS6Wei Li, MD, PhD7Michael A. Gatzoulis, MD, PhD8Nada Al-Sakini, MBChB, PhD9Adult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAdult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAdult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAdult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAdult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAdult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAdult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAdult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAdult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomAddress for correspondence: Dr. Nada Al-Sakini, Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trusts, Sydney Street, Chelsea, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom.; Adult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United KingdomWe present the case of a 60-year-old man who was successfully treated for obstructive fungal infective endocarditis of the ascending aorta caused by Geotrichum capitatum. This extremely rare cause of fungal infective endocarditis required surgical and prolonged medical management, facilitated by effective multidisciplinary cooperation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084921001868cardiac surgerycongenitalfungal infective endocarditisGeotrichum capitatumβ-D-glucanmultidisciplinary team
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author Samuel Seitler, MBChB, BS (Hons)
Charo Bruce, MBBS, MS
Ulrich Rosendahl, MD
Elena Crucerescu, MD, PhD
Darryl Shore, MD
Justyna Rybicka, MD, PhD
Thomas Semple, MBBS, BS
Wei Li, MD, PhD
Michael A. Gatzoulis, MD, PhD
Nada Al-Sakini, MBChB, PhD
spellingShingle Samuel Seitler, MBChB, BS (Hons)
Charo Bruce, MBBS, MS
Ulrich Rosendahl, MD
Elena Crucerescu, MD, PhD
Darryl Shore, MD
Justyna Rybicka, MD, PhD
Thomas Semple, MBBS, BS
Wei Li, MD, PhD
Michael A. Gatzoulis, MD, PhD
Nada Al-Sakini, MBChB, PhD
Don’t Stop Beleafing
JACC: Case Reports
cardiac surgery
congenital
fungal infective endocarditis
Geotrichum capitatum
β-D-glucan
multidisciplinary team
author_facet Samuel Seitler, MBChB, BS (Hons)
Charo Bruce, MBBS, MS
Ulrich Rosendahl, MD
Elena Crucerescu, MD, PhD
Darryl Shore, MD
Justyna Rybicka, MD, PhD
Thomas Semple, MBBS, BS
Wei Li, MD, PhD
Michael A. Gatzoulis, MD, PhD
Nada Al-Sakini, MBChB, PhD
author_sort Samuel Seitler, MBChB, BS (Hons)
title Don’t Stop Beleafing
title_short Don’t Stop Beleafing
title_full Don’t Stop Beleafing
title_fullStr Don’t Stop Beleafing
title_full_unstemmed Don’t Stop Beleafing
title_sort don’t stop beleafing
publisher Elsevier
series JACC: Case Reports
issn 2666-0849
publishDate 2021-04-01
description We present the case of a 60-year-old man who was successfully treated for obstructive fungal infective endocarditis of the ascending aorta caused by Geotrichum capitatum. This extremely rare cause of fungal infective endocarditis required surgical and prolonged medical management, facilitated by effective multidisciplinary cooperation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
topic cardiac surgery
congenital
fungal infective endocarditis
Geotrichum capitatum
β-D-glucan
multidisciplinary team
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084921001868
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