| Literature DB >> 16585653 |
Antonios Vassiloyanakopoulos, Matthew E Falagas1,2, Maria Allamani, Argyris Michalopoulos2.
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Invasive aspergillosis is an emerging infection mainly affecting immunocompromised patients. This report details a case of Aspergillus fumigatus tricuspid native valve endocarditis complicated by recurrent septic pulmonary emboli in a young, non-intravenous drug user. He was treated by surgical resection of the posterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve and the vegetations, as well as by valvuloplasty, which was followed by a combination of liposomal amphotericin B and voriconazole as acute-phase therapy and voriconazole alone as suppression therapy.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16585653 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46398-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Microbiol ISSN: 0022-2615 Impact factor: 2.472