Case Report: Infective Endocarditis Caused by Aspergillus flavus in a Hemodialysis Patient

Case Report: Infective Endocarditis Caused by Aspergillus flavus in a Hemodialysis Patient

Fungal endocarditis (FE) is a rare but fatal disease. The incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) in hemodialysis patients with catheters is thought to be obviously higher than that in the general population. We reported a case of IE caused by Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus) in a 36-year-old woman o...

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Main Authors: Tingting Dai, Qinghua Hu, Zhongshang Xie, Chunhui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
endocarditis
Aspergillus flavus
hemodialysis
valve replacement
catheter infection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.655640/full

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