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SUBMITTER: Uhrin GB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4731950 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Uhrin Gábor Balázs GB Jensen Rasmus Hare RH Korup Eva E Grønlund Jens J Hjort Ulla U Moser Claus C Arendrup Maiken Cavling MC Schønheyder Henrik Carl HC
Medical mycology case reports 20151219
We report Aspergillus delacroxii (formerly Aspergillus nidulans var. echinulatus) causing recurrent prosthetic valve endocarditis. The fungus was the sole agent detected during replacement of a mechanical aortic valve conduit due to abscess formation. Despite extensive surgery and anti-fungal treatment, the patient had a cerebral hemorrhage 4 months post-surgery prompting a diagnosis of recurrent prosthetic valve endocarditis and fungemia. ...[more]