A 16-year-old male with bone marrow failure due to chemotherapy for recurrent acute
lymphoblastic leukemia developed an abscess in the lower lobe of the left lung draining …

In an extensive review'of endocarditis caused by As-pergillus in children, Barst et al found
no cases in which the presence of vegetations was proven by echocardiography. We …

DISCUSSION The Aspergillus infection in this case is recent and represents a terminal
complication. A combination of factors may have led to the fungus infection:(1) increased …

Aspergillus species infective endocarditis is uncommon and usually occurs in adult patients
who have had prior cardiac surgery (3, 35). Less commonly, infection occurs in patients who …

Aspergillus endocarditis in man usually occurs on prosthetic cardiac valves and gives rise to
large vegetations which embolize easily producing peripheral organ infarction and infection …

FIGURES 6. Control chest x-ray film of case 2 in 1982 showing regression of the lesions in
the right lower zone and especially the left middle zone. major or minor salivary glands in …

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A 74-year-old man who had a weight loss of 7 kg in three months, with fever up to 38
degrees C and anaemia (Hb 9.4 g/dl) began to have pain and blue discoloration of fingers II …

Discussion Aspergillus endocarditis has been reported inabout 50 patients'-7 but has been
noted only twice on tissue valves. 3 4 The Xenofic valve is a gluteraldehyde treated bovine …

Background Fungal endocarditis is a rare and lethal cardiac infection which most commonly
presents in immunocompromised patients or patients with other predisposing conditions. In …