Systemic Candidiasis (Moniliasis) Complicating Treatment of Bacterial Endocarditis, With Review of Literature and Report of Apparent Cure of One Case With Parenteral Mycostatin

Case Reports1 July 1958SYSTEMIC CANDIDIASIS (MONILIASIS) COMPLICATING TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS, WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND REPORT OF APPARENT CURE OF ONE CASE WITH PARENTERAL MYCOSTATINE. RICHARD HARRELL, M.D., GEORGE R. THOMPSON, M.D.E. RICHARD HARRELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE R. THOMPSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-1-207 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWith the advent of antibiotics, acute bacterial endocarditis, which once was nearly always fatal, has been successfully treated. However, with antibiotic therapy there is an increasing number of cases of candidiasis. We wish to report two cases (one ending fatally) with systemic candidiasis complicating the usual antibiotic treatment of bacterial endocarditis. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, Michigan*Received for publication November 21, 1956.From the Departments of Dermatology and Syphilology and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, and the University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Requests for reprints should be addressed to E. Richard Harrell, M. D., Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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