Candida parapsilosis endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser: An autopsy report

Candida parapsilosis is a rare cause of endocarditis, which is seen to affect the native.valves in patients who are known intravenous drug abusers or following contamination during surgery for prosthetic valves. We discuss a unique constellation of autopsy findings in a 35-year-old chronic opium abuser who presented with left sided weakness followed by low grade fever. He was diagnosed to have Candida parapsilosis native valve endocarditis with septic emboli involving the myocardial vessels, left middle cerebral artery, spleen and common iliac artery.

Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - June 7, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Manoj Gopal Madakshira, Amanjit Bal, ShivaPrakash, Manish Rathi, Rajesh Vijayvergiya Source Type: research