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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Jalalian R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7360421 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Infection and drug resistance 20200710
<i>Aspergillus</i> endocarditis (AE) accounts for a-quarter of all fungal endocarditis, mainly in immunocompromised hosts prior to heart-valve surgery with high mortality, even with treatment. Herein, we report a rare case of AE in a diabetic 60-year-old woman with a history of redo mitral valve prosthesis suspecious of acute endocarditis. She underwent second redo surgical mitral valve replacement in combination with mechanical aortic valve replacement. Blood cultures were negative. The explant ...[more]