Native Valve Endocarditis Due to Pseudallescheria boydii in a Patient with AIDS: Case Report and Review

A 53-year-old man with AIDS developed mitral valve endocarditis due to infection with the fungus Pseudallescheria boydii. A limited number of cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by this organism have been described. We report a unique case of pseudallescheria infection of a native valve an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Reviews of infectious diseases 1990-11, Vol.12 (6), p.993-996
Hauptverfasser:	Stephen P. Raffanti, Billie Fyfe, Shirley Carreiro, Sharp, Susan E., Bruce A. Hyma, Kenneth R. Ratzan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications AIDS AIDS/HIV Biological and medical sciences Brain - pathology Brain abscess Clinical Infectious Disease Articles Endocarditis Endocarditis - complications Endocarditis - microbiology Endocarditis - pathology Fungal infections Fungi Heart valves Humans Infections Infectious diseases Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mitral Valve - pathology Mycetoma - complications Mycetoma - microbiology Mycetoma - pathology Mycoses Pathology Pseudallescheria Pseudallescheria - isolation & purification Vegetation
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Zusammenfassung:	A 53-year-old man with AIDS developed mitral valve endocarditis due to infection with the fungus Pseudallescheria boydii. A limited number of cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by this organism have been described. We report a unique case of pseudallescheria infection of a native valve and describe this disease in a patient with AIDS.
ISSN:	0162-0886