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    Fungal Endocarditis: For My Wife

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    This document discusses fungal endocarditis, specifically Aspergillus endocarditis. It notes that Aspergillus endocarditis is severe and lacks many of the clinical criteria used to diagnose bacterial endocarditis. Most patients require surgery, and lifelong antifungal treatment is needed after surgery, with voriconazole being the drug of choice. Fungal endocarditis has a high mortality rate due to delays in diagnosis.

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    This document discusses fungal endocarditis, specifically Aspergillus endocarditis. It notes that Aspergillus endocarditis is severe and lacks many of the clinical criteria used to diagnose bacterial endocarditis. Most patients require surgery, and lifelong antifungal treatment is needed after surgery, with voriconazole being the drug of choice. Fungal endocarditis has a high mortality rate due to delays in diagnosis.

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    This document discusses fungal endocarditis, specifically Aspergillus endocarditis. It notes that Aspergillus endocarditis is severe and lacks many of the clinical criteria used to diagnose bacterial endocarditis. Most patients require surgery, and lifelong antifungal treatment is needed after surgery, with voriconazole being the drug of choice. Fungal endocarditis has a high mortality rate due to delays in diagnosis.

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    Fungal Endocarditis: For My Wife

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    This document discusses fungal endocarditis, specifically Aspergillus endocarditis. It notes that Aspergillus endocarditis is severe and lacks many of the clinical criteria used to diagnose bacterial endocarditis. Most patients require surgery, and lifelong antifungal treatment is needed after surgery, with voriconazole being the drug of choice. Fungal endocarditis has a high mortality rate due to delays in diagnosis.

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    FUNGAL

    ENDOCARDITIS
    FOR MY WIFE
    INTRODUCTION

    RARE PRESENTATION ASSOCIATED MULTIPLE ASPERGILLUS INCIDENCE EXPECTED TO


    MORBDITIES ENDOCARDITIS IS MOST INCREASE DUE TO
    SEVERE FORM INCREASED FREQUENCY OF
    INVASIVE PROCEDURES.
    POINTS TO NOTE

    LACKS MOST CLINICAL FEVER ABSENT BLOOD CULTURE DIAGNOSIS LATE OR THESE FACTORS LEAD TO
    CRITERIA (EG JONES NEGATIVE POSTMORTEM INCORRECT
    CRITERIA) USED TO MANAGEMENT
    DIAGNOSE INFECTIVE
    ENDOCARDITIS
    TREATMENT
    TREATMENT

    MOST PATIENTS REQUIRE SURGERY PATIENTS HAVE TO TAKE ANTIFUNGAL THE HIGH COST OF EICHONACANDINS
    (>90%) AS COMPARED TO BACTERIAL TREATMENT LIFELONG AFTER THE HAVE LIMITED THEIR USE.
    ENDOCARDITIS (45%) SURGERY
    DRUG OF CHOICE - VORICONAZOLE
    FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS HAS HIGH MORTALITY RATE

    DELAYED/MISTAKEN DIAGNOSIS IS THE MAIN REASON

    ACUTE LIMB ISCHAEMIA IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN PATIENTS


    HAVING FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS
    DISCUSSION
    HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED ENDOCARDITIS AND PROSTHETIC VALVE
    ENDOCARDITIS ARE THE ONLY SIGNIFCANT RISK FACTOR
    ASSOCIATED WITH ASPERGILLUS ENDOCARDITIS

    ABSENCE OF FEVER AND AORTIC ABSCESS/PSEUDOANEURYSM


    WERE ASLO FOUND TO BE ASSOCIATED.

    ASPERGILLUS GALACTOMANNAN ANTIGEN CAN BE USED TO


    DIAGNOSE ASPERGILLUS ENDOCARDITIS

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