Blastocyst or Blastomycosis?: A Rare Presentation of Disseminated Blastomycosis With Cardiac Involvement in Pregnancy

Disseminated blastomycosis with cardiac manifestations is exceedingly rare. Here we present the first known case of disseminated, cardiac blastomycosis in a pregnant patient. Antifungal medications and a multidisciplinary, nonsurgical approach were successful in eradicating the fungal cardiac mass a...

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Autores principales: Walker, Jackson, Biondi, Nicholas, Pivato, Erica, Sharma, Sneha, Phatak, Prajakta, Das, Manisha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10157107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37153477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.09.008
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Sumario:Disseminated blastomycosis with cardiac manifestations is exceedingly rare. Here we present the first known case of disseminated, cardiac blastomycosis in a pregnant patient. Antifungal medications and a multidisciplinary, nonsurgical approach were successful in eradicating the fungal cardiac mass and in preventing vertical transmission to the fetus. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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