Invasive intravascular aspergillosis leading to myocardial infarction

Autor: Mirkamal Tolend, Adriana Luk, Heather Ross, Jagdish Butany
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Human Pathology: Case Reports, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 30-31 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-3300
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehpc.2017.03.001
Popis: Cardiac dissemination of invasive aspergillosis is a rare, often a fatal consequence of systemic mycosis. We present a heart transplant patient who succumbed to drug resistant aspergillus pneumonia. Myocardial ischemic damage from aspergillus vasculitis was likely the final event. Keywords: Invasive aspergillosis, Myocardial infarction, Heart transplant, Opportunistic infections, Vasculitis, Voriconazole
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