Catastrophic Candida prosthetic valve endocarditis and COVID-19 comorbidity: A rare case.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Candida prostatic valve endocarditis present various clinical manifestations which may overlap; hence, discrimination between them is extremely difficult.

Case report

The case was a 66-year-old man with a past medical history of mitral and aortic valves replacement one year before COVID-19 co-infection. He was admitted with fever (for 7 days), shortness of breath, cough, seizure, lethargy, headache, and 85% oxygen saturation. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed multiple large-sized, highly mobile masses on both sides of the mechanical mitral valve highly suggestive of vegetation. Chest computed tomography scanning showed simulating scattered COVID-19 peripheral ground-glass opacities confirmed by rev

SUBMITTER: Davoodi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8740850 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature