Infection of a Ventricular Septal Defect Patch with Acremonium Species

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) patch infection with Acremonium species isolated from vegetation and blood culture is described. Antifungal treatment was discontinued after 3 months and patient developed relapse. Surgery with prolonged oral voriconazole was instituted with recovery. We emphasize i...

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Autores principales: Nasir, Nosheen, Jabeen, Kauser, Farooqi, Joveria, Sultan, Binish Arif, Zafar, Afia, Khan, Aamir Hameed, Amanullah, Muneer, Ali, Farheen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6036831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30046500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3057463
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author Nasir, Nosheen
Jabeen, Kauser
Farooqi, Joveria
Sultan, Binish Arif
Zafar, Afia
Khan, Aamir Hameed
Amanullah, Muneer
Ali, Farheen
author_facet Nasir, Nosheen
Jabeen, Kauser
Farooqi, Joveria
Sultan, Binish Arif
Zafar, Afia
Khan, Aamir Hameed
Amanullah, Muneer
Ali, Farheen
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description A ventricular septal defect (VSD) patch infection with Acremonium species isolated from vegetation and blood culture is described. Antifungal treatment was discontinued after 3 months and patient developed relapse. Surgery with prolonged oral voriconazole was instituted with recovery. We emphasize importance of surgery and prolonged therapy to treat such infections.
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spelling pubmed-60368312018-07-25 Infection of a Ventricular Septal Defect Patch with Acremonium Species Nasir, Nosheen Jabeen, Kauser Farooqi, Joveria Sultan, Binish Arif Zafar, Afia Khan, Aamir Hameed Amanullah, Muneer Ali, Farheen Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report A ventricular septal defect (VSD) patch infection with Acremonium species isolated from vegetation and blood culture is described. Antifungal treatment was discontinued after 3 months and patient developed relapse. Surgery with prolonged oral voriconazole was instituted with recovery. We emphasize importance of surgery and prolonged therapy to treat such infections. Hindawi 2018-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6036831/ /pubmed/30046500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3057463 Text en Copyright © 2018 Nosheen Nasir et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Amanullah, Muneer
Ali, Farheen
Infection of a Ventricular Septal Defect Patch with Acremonium Species
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title_short Infection of a Ventricular Septal Defect Patch with Acremonium Species
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6036831/
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