Aspergillus flavus endocarditis in an immunocompetent child. Case report
Autor: | Carlos Fernando Guerrero, William Javier Morales Camacho, José Antonio Vargas Soler, María Alejandra Morales Camacho, Claudia Ximena Flórez Rodríguez, Johana Andrea Navarro Mejía |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Hongos mitospóricos Aspergillus flavus 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Microbiology Inmunosupresión 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Liquefactive necrosis Medicine Endocarditis Ndocarditis 030212 general & internal medicine Septate hyphae lcsh:QH301-705.5 lcsh:R5-920 Aspergillus biology business.industry Pediatría Histology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Dermatology Infectious Diseases lcsh:Biology (General) Infective endocarditis Immunocompetence lcsh:Medicine (General) business |
Zdroj: | Repositorio U. El Bosque Universidad El Bosque instacron:Universidad El Bosque Medical Mycology Case Reports, Vol 22, Iss, Pp 48-51 (2018) |
ISSN: | 2211-7539 |
Popis: | 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. Keywords: Ndocarditis, Aspergillus, Immunocompetence, Outcomes |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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