Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “Native” valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient

Scedosporium apiospermum is an increasingly appreciated pathogen in immunosuppressed patients. We present a case of S. apiospermum endocarditis in a 70-year-old male who had undergone orthotopic heart transplant. Echocardiogram demonstrated a 1.4 cm tricuspid valve vegetation. He underwent valve rep...

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Autores principales: Clement, Meredith E., Maziarz, Eileen K., Schroder, Jacob N., Patel, Chetan B., Perfect, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.07.005
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author Clement, Meredith E.
Maziarz, Eileen K.
Schroder, Jacob N.
Patel, Chetan B.
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description Scedosporium apiospermum is an increasingly appreciated pathogen in immunosuppressed patients. We present a case of S. apiospermum endocarditis in a 70-year-old male who had undergone orthotopic heart transplant. Echocardiogram demonstrated a 1.4 cm tricuspid valve vegetation. He underwent valve replacement, complicated by fatal massive post-operative haemorrhage. Valve cultures grew S. apiospermum. To our knowledge, our case is the first reported instance of endocarditis caused by S. apiospermum in a recipient of a cardiac transplant.
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spelling pubmed-45347542015-08-18 Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “Native” valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient Clement, Meredith E. Maziarz, Eileen K. Schroder, Jacob N. Patel, Chetan B. Perfect, John R. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Scedosporium apiospermum is an increasingly appreciated pathogen in immunosuppressed patients. We present a case of S. apiospermum endocarditis in a 70-year-old male who had undergone orthotopic heart transplant. Echocardiogram demonstrated a 1.4 cm tricuspid valve vegetation. He underwent valve replacement, complicated by fatal massive post-operative haemorrhage. Valve cultures grew S. apiospermum. To our knowledge, our case is the first reported instance of endocarditis caused by S. apiospermum in a recipient of a cardiac transplant. Elsevier 2015-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4534754/ /pubmed/26288748 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.07.005 Text en © 2015 International Society for Human and Animal Mycology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Clement, Meredith E.
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Schroder, Jacob N.
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Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “Native” valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient
title Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “Native” valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient
title_full Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “Native” valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient
title_fullStr Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “Native” valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient
title_full_unstemmed Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “Native” valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient
title_short Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “Native” valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient
title_sort scedosporium apiosermum infection of the “native” valve: fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.07.005
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