title: Acute aortic occlusion secondary to Aspergillus endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser.
abstract: A 55-year-old black man, an intravenous substance abuser who had an acute arterial embolus to the distal aorta originating from his mitral valve, was noted on pathologic examination of the clot to have aspergillosis emboli. The infective endocarditis also resulted in emboli to the brain with subsequent death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Light
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hendrickson
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sholes
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Portnoy
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kerstein
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D001231:Aspergillus flavus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003042:Cocaine; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine