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Aspergillosis of the Heart and Lung and Review of Published Reports on Fungal Endocarditis

Authors :
Beata Sulik-Tyszka
Bogna Ziarkiewicz-Wróblewska
Wiesław Wiktor Jędrzejczak
Krzysztof Mądry
Piotr Kacprzyk
Marta Wróblewska
Source :
Mycopathologia
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.

Abstract

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is increasingly diagnosed in high-risk patients. The lesions are usually located in the lungs and/or sinuses, and the fungus may spread haematogenously to different organs; however, involvement of the heart during IA is very rare. We describe a unique case of invasive aspergillosis of the heart septum and the lungs in the allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient.

Details

ISSN :
15730832 and 0301486X
Volume :
181
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Mycopathologia
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2f059e159f6bf8a588226a0ec7f020c5