Aspergillus endocarditis in a known case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: an autopsy report.
Invasive aspergillosis is an emerging infection mainly affecting immunocompromised patients. Aspergillus endocarditis remains a rare infection and usually occurs following cardiac surgery for prosthetic valves. This is an uncommon case of a 60-year-old asthmatic male who developed allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis during the course of his illness, and while receiving low dose oral steroids, he subsequently developed right-sided Aspergillus mural and native valvular endocarditis with extensive invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.
Gupta
Kirti
K
Department of Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. kirtigupta10@yahoo.co.in
Das
Ashim
A
Joshi
Kusum
K
Singh
Navneet
N
Aggarwal
Ritesh
R
Prakash
Mahesh
M
D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D005938:Glucocorticoids