There are no definitive treatment recommendations for fungal endocarditis. Surgical therapy is the first choice in prosthetic valve endocarditis, which however cannot be performed in all patients. In these cases high dose and life-long medical therapy is necessary to prevent re-infection of the valve, even if (transient) deterioration of renal and liver function occurs.
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