Fatal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Due to Aspergillus flavus in a Diabetic Patient

Aspergillus 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...

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Published in:Infect Drug Resist
Main Authors: Jalalian, Rozita, Shokohi, Tahereh, Mirzakhani, Roghayeh, Ghasemian, Roya, Hedayati, Mohammad Taghi, Ardalani, Sirus, Azizi, Soheil, Kalhori, Shamsi, Kermani, Firoozeh, Mayahi, Sabah
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Dove 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7360421/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32765000
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S258637
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