title: Experience with fungal infections affecting the heart in necropsies at an Indian hospital.
abstract: Twenty-one cases of fungal infection of the heart were encountered among 4000 necropsies performed in a South Indian hospital over a period of 20 years. All 5 cases of endocarditis due to infection with Aspergillus followed cardiac surgery, while the 4 cases of endocarditis due to Candida affected normal heart valves. Cardiac micro-abscesses secondary to fungal infections elsewhere were caused by Aspergillus in 5 cases and Candida in 4. A fibrosing granulomatous Aspergillus infection extended from the lungs to involve the base of the heart in 3 patients.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raghavan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krishnaswami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Date
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications; D001344:Autopsy; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications*