fungemia/hypoxia

Refractory hypoxemia secondary to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with high mortality. Extracorporeal membraneoxygenation (ECMO) is an accepted strategy for treating refractory hypoxemia in patients with ARDS but is relatively contraindicated in the setting of systemic

Trichosporon cutaneum (syn. T. beigelii), a saprophytic fungal organism normally found in the soil, is increasingly being recognized as a cause of life-threatening systemic illness in immunosuppressed patients. Of 42 cases reported in the literature, 27 (64%) have died, including all four occurring

BACKGROUND Pulmonary valve endocarditis without the involvement of other valves represents 1.5-2% of all cases of infective endocarditis. Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis caused by Candida is extremely rare with only one reported case in the literature and none reported in the United States.

The authors reviewed the charts of 26 recipients of a left ventricular assist device to determine the incidence of fungal infections and the clinical course of these patients. Nine patients (35%) had positive fungal cultures. Of these, six had clinical infections and three were colonized