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Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis of an aortic homo-graft with aneurysm of the ascending aorta

✍ Scribed by Rasikbala Doshi

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1971
Tongue: English
Weight: 277 KB
Volume: 103
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-3417
DOI: 10.1002/path.1711030409

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Abstract

Fungal endocarditis is an uncommon complication of cardiac surgery. Candida endocarditis following open heart surgery was first reported by Koelle and Pastor (1956) and since then 24 cases have been recorded. Nineteen cases were reviewed by McConnell and Roberts (1967) and three cases of their own were added. Two more cases have been reported since, one by Newsome, Lea and Russell Rees (1967) and the other by Kahn, Kane and Dean (1968).

The fungi isolated from these 24 cases were Candida albicans in 14, other Candida species in seven, Aspergillus in two and Paecilomyces in one (Uys et al., 1963). The first case of Aspergillus endocarditis following open heart surgery was reported by Newman and Cordell (1964).

This paper presents a case of Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis on an aortic valve homograft.

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