Fungal endocarditis caused by Arnium leporinum following cardiac surgery.
A case of fungal endocarditis caused by the coprophilous ascomycete Arnium leporinum is reported in a 19-year-old male living in Colombia. The fungus was seen in tissue and recovered in pure culture from peripheral emboli, a mitral valve, pus from an osteolytic lesion, and kidney. The patient died 21 months after cardiac surgery. The range of A. leporinum in the Americas is expanded to include Colombia.
D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003105:Colombia; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery