Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Med J, 1999 Aug;40(8):533-6.
PMID: 10572495

Abstract

Candida species is now being increasingly recognised as an important cause of endocarditis especially in immunocompromised patients. A case of Candida albicans endocarditis in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is reported. The child did not have a central venous catheter at any time. Treatment consisted of intravenous amphotericin B and fluconazole for 3 weeks followed by oral fluconazole for 2 weeks. No surgical resection was necessary. We highlight here the importance of echocardiography in the management of prolonged febrile neutropenia and discuss the dilemma of continuing chemotherapy in such patients.

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