Task Force Members, Dieter Horstkotte, Chairperson*(Germany), Ferenc Follath
(Switzerland), Erno Gutschik (Denmark), Maria Lengyel (Hungary), Ali Oto (Turkey), Alain …

While invasive aspergillosis occurs typically in severely immunocompromised patients,
cases of surgical site infection have been reported in immunocompetent individuals. The …

We present a case of cardiac device-related Aspergillus endocarditis in a patient with a
pacemaker and an allogeneic bone marrow transplant to segue into a review of the …

Positive blood cultures can be classified according to their veracity (true-positive or false-
positive culture), clinical severity (inconsequential or life threatening), place of origin …

Fungal endocarditis has become an important infection associated with medical progress
and a modern lifestyle. The most common organisms isolated from patients with fungal …

The incidence of neurologic complications in patients with infective endocarditis has
changed little over time, despite the changing epidemiologic and etiologic spectrum in this …

Infective endocarditis, defined as pathologically or clinically definite by the Duke criteria, was
observed in 14 transplant recipients at our institutions. In addition, we reviewed 32 …

Zinc is known to be greatly involved in the regulation of immune functions. Pharmacological
zinc supplementation, leading to serum zinc concentrations of more than 0.025 mM, has …

A 54-year-old man presented with an acute painless loss of vision. He had a three-month
history of malaise, weight loss, and episodic sweating. Physical examination showed a thin …

Aspergillus endocarditis represents the second etiological cause of prosthetic endocarditis
following Candida spp. On the other hand, native-valve endocarditis due to Aspergillus are …