Gustavo Neves de Araújo et al. Felipe H. Valle Douglas M. Freitas Felipe Martins Lampa … Miguel Gus Luis E. Rohde
Introduction
Patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease without mature arteriovenous fistula frequently require central venous access for dialytic therapy. More than 15 percent of patients who receive these catheters have complications such as infection, arterial puncture, thrombosis and pneumothorax. Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare and serious complication with high morbidity and mortality. Right-sided endocarditis is uncommon due to low hemodynamic pressure, but patients using central venous catheters have an increased risk. The correct therapeutic approach whenever there is no valvar involvement is not well defined. We report a case of interatrial septum endocarditis caused by candida sp., associated to the prolonged use of catheter.
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