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Aspergillus flavus native valve endocarditis following combined liver and renal transplantation: Case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Alsobayeg Sultan,
Alshehri Nada,
Mohammed Shamayel,
Fadel Bahaa M.,
Omrani Ali S.,
Almaghrabi Reem S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12891
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , aspergillus , aspergillus flavus , liver transplantation , cardiac surgery , transplantation , aspergillosis , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology
Aspergillus endocarditis is a rare infection that occurs most commonly in patients with prior cardiac surgery but cases in post‐transplant recipients without prior cardiac surgery have been reported. Diagnosis is often delayed and requires high index of suspicion. We here report a case of Aspergillus endocarditis in solid organ transplant recipient.