HE prevalence of mycotic endocarditis, once persons that their pathogenicity and relation to
considered an uncommon clinical and diseases has been difficult to establish. The …

Inherited cardiomyopathies (CMs) are a major cause of heart diseases in all age groups,
which severely burdens patients as well as their family members. Data from the past two …

SPERGILLOSIS is caused by several different A species of aspergillus; it is characterized by
granulomatous, inflammatory or necrotizing lesions which may involve any tissue of the …

Aspergillus flavus endocarditis developed in a 13 year old girl after mitral valve replacement.
Thirty-nine other cases of Aspergillus species endocarditis were found in the medical …

A variety of saprophytic or pathologic human afflictions have been ascribed to aspergillus
which appear to be related to the genetic composition and immune vulnerability of the host …

Excerpt INTRODUCTION Endocardial involvement in fungal disease is uncommon. Its true
incidence has been obscured by confusion in terminology by both clinicians and …

Aspergilli have always been an integral part of man's ecology. Prior to the introduction of the
microscope, they were referred to as variously colored molds without any systematic …

Aspergillus flavus mural endocarditis was diagnosed after death in a 19-year-old man who
had undergone orthotopic liver transplantation 4 months before death. His course was …

Infectious mural endocarditis is uncommon and not well documented. The clinical setting
and pathologic features of five patients with Aspergillus mural endocarditis are described …

Excerpt The causative agents of most systemic and subcutaneous mycoses are saprophytes
that are present in abundance in man's environment (1). One of these saprophytes is the …