Native valve endocarditis due to Pseudallescheria boydii in a patient with AIDS: case report and review.
A 53-year-old man with AIDS developed mitral valve endocarditis due to infection with the fungus Pseudallescheria boydii. A limited number of cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by this organism have been described. We report a unique case of pseudallescheria infection of a native valve and describe this disease in a patient with AIDS.
Raffanti
S P
SP
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, Florida.
Fyfe
B
B
Carreiro
S
S
Sharp
S E
SE
Hyma
B A
BA
Ratzan
K R
KR
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011541:Pseudallescheria / Q000302:isolation & purification*