Aspergillus fumigatus fungaemia and myocarditis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Necrotizing myocarditis due to Aspergillus fumigatus was a contributory cause of death in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and non-Hodgkin lymphoblastic malignant lymphoma of the Burkitt type. A transient remission of the lymphoma had been obtained by cytostatic treatment. A. fumigatus was isolated from blood two weeks before death, but myocarditis was not diagnosed until autopsy.
Schønheyder
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Department of Clinical Microbiology, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hoffmann
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Jensen
H E
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Hansen
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BF
Franzmann
M B
MB
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006321:Heart / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology