Prosthetic Valve Candida Endocarditis: A Case Report with 18F-FDG-PET/CT as Part of the Diagnostic Workup
Päivi Jalava-Karvinen; Ulla Hohenthal; Laura Pirilä; Antti Saraste; Soile Pauliina Salomäki
Prosthetic Valve Candida Endocarditis: A Case Report with 18F-FDG-PET/CT as Part of the Diagnostic Workup
Päivi Jalava-Karvinen
Ulla Hohenthal
Laura Pirilä
Antti Saraste
Soile Pauliina Salomäki
HINDAWI LTD
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042827044
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042827044
Tiivistelmä
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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- Rinnakkaistallenteet [19207]