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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator endocarditis secondary to Candida albicans
L A Brown1, J W Baddley, J E Sanchez
1Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0006, USA.
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
|September 26, 2001
Abstract:
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) represents an important advance in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, but infection has remained a serious complication of device implantation. Fungal infections associated with these devices are uncommon, with only 4 cases previously reported. We describe a case of ICD-associated endocarditis caused by Candida albicans that was successfully treated with complete device explantation and prolonged antifungal therapy, and we review the features of ICD-related fungal infections.