Aspergillus flavus endocarditis in an immunocompetent child. Case report

Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare infection in pediatrics which accounts for 5% of the cases of infective endocarditis. This pathology affects immunosuppressed patients in a greater proportion. We present an immunocompetent 7- year-old female with a history of multiple cardiac surgeries who develop...

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Autores principales: Soler, José Antonio Vargas, Camacho, William Javier Morales, Rodríguez, Claudia Ximena Flórez, Mejía, Johana Andrea Navarro, Guerrero, Carlos Fernando, Camacho, María Alejandra Morales
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30228956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.08.003
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Sumario:Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare infection in pediatrics which accounts for 5% of the cases of infective endocarditis. This pathology affects immunosuppressed patients in a greater proportion. We present an immunocompetent 7- year-old female with a history of multiple cardiac surgeries who developed fungal endocarditis due to Aspergillus flavus. The histology study showed liquefactive necrosis and septate hyphae of Aspergillus sp type. The clinical outcome was favorable and the ambulatory follow-up after 12 months showed no new complications.

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