| an outbreak of candida parapsilosis prosthetic valve endocarditis following cardiac surgery. | five of 34 (15%) patients who received prosthetic cardiac valves between may and august 1982 at the victoria general hospital in halifax, nova scotia, developed candida parapsilosis prosthetic valve endocarditis. the clustering of these cases pointed to a common source outbreak. in a retrospective cohort study, no significant differences were found between infected and uninfected patients in terms of pre-, intra-, and postoperative risk factors. environmental investigations suggested intraoperat ... | 1994 | 7844344 |