Academic Journal
Aspergillus endocarditis
| العنوان: | Aspergillus endocarditis |
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| المؤلفون: | Kirun Gopal, Praveena Nediyara Bhaskaran, Merlin Moni, Nandita Shashindran |
| المصدر: | Indian Heart Journal, Vol 76, Iss 4, Pp 240-246 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Surgery LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Endocarditis, Aspergillus endocarditis, Aspergillus, Fungal endocarditis, Outcomes, Surgery, RD1-811, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701 |
| الوصف: | Aspergillus endocarditis is a rare cause of fungal endocarditis caused by the hyaline mold Aspergillus. The disease most commonly occurs in persons who are immunosuppressed and has a high mortality. Clinical presentation is often with long standing fever, embolic manifestations, and often heart murmurs. Diagnosis of aspergillus endocarditis is often delayed due to the low propensity for Aspergillus to grow in blood culture. Aspergillus endocarditis is characterized by large vegetations and also by frequently being found on the walls of the heart and not on the valves and hence can be missed if not carefully looked for. Definitive diagnosis is often by a combination of microbiological culture and histopathological examination of obtained tissue. Ancillary serological tests like galactomannan assay and polymerase chain reaction also help in the diagnosis. Treatment of aspergillus endocarditis virtually always requires a combination of prolonged antifungal therapy and surgery to enable a cure for these patients. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0019-4832 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483224001664; https://doaj.org/toc/0019-4832 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ihj.2024.08.003 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/92cd990fe5594eb38ceec57c7cd29d93 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.92cd990fe5594eb38ceec57c7cd29d93 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 00194832 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ihj.2024.08.003 |