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Candidemia in patients with ventricular assist devices.

Shoham S, Shaffer R, Sweet L, Cooke R, Donegan N, Boyce S

Department of Infectious Diseases, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA. Shmuel.Shoham@medstar.net

During the period 1998-2004, candidemia developed in 7 of 117 ventricular assist device recipients at our hospital, and the associated mortality rate was 71%. Five cases of candidemia were due to Candida parapsilosis, and 2 were due to Candida albicans. Three of the 7 patients with ventricular assist device-associated Candida bloodstream infections were cured, and the device was retained in 2 of the 3 patients.

Published 18 December 2006 in Clin Infect Dis, 44(2): e9-12.
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