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

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Clement, ME; Maziarz, EK; Schroder, JN; Patel, CB; Perfect, JR
Published in: Med Mycol Case Rep
September 2015

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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Med Mycol Case Rep

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2211-7539

Publication Date

September 2015

Volume

9

Start / End Page

34 / 36

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • 3207 Medical microbiology
 

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Clement, M. E., Maziarz, E. K., Schroder, J. N., Patel, C. B., & Perfect, J. R. (2015). Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the "Native" valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient. Med Mycol Case Rep, 9, 34–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.07.005
Clement, Meredith E., Eileen K. Maziarz, Jacob N. Schroder, Chetan B. Patel, and John R. Perfect. “Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the "Native" valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient.Med Mycol Case Rep 9 (September 2015): 34–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.07.005.
Clement ME, Maziarz EK, Schroder JN, Patel CB, Perfect JR. Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the "Native" valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2015 Sep;9:34–6.
Clement, Meredith E., et al. “Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the "Native" valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient.Med Mycol Case Rep, vol. 9, Sept. 2015, pp. 34–36. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.07.005.
Clement ME, Maziarz EK, Schroder JN, Patel CB, Perfect JR. Scedosporium apiosermum infection of the "Native" valve: Fungal endocarditis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2015 Sep;9:34–36.
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Published In

Med Mycol Case Rep

DOI

ISSN

2211-7539

Publication Date

September 2015

Volume

9

Start / End Page

34 / 36

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • 3207 Medical microbiology