Affiliation:
1. Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India Institute of Neurological Sciences Care Hospital, Hyderabad, India
Abstract
Between 1990 and 2002, 237 hearts were examined at autopsy, including 16 with infective endocarditis; 6 showed fungal endocarditis. The preceding pathology was chronic rheumatic heart disease in 2 patients, one of whom had undergone double valve replacement, 2 patients had been treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and one had protein-energy malnutrition. The underlying cause was unknown in one case. The organisms isolated were Aspergillus in 3 patients, Zygomycota in 1, Candida in 1, and both Candida tropicalis and Aspergillus in 1 patient. Immunosuppressed states are a cause of fungal endocarditis in India, although chronic rheumatic heart disease is the preceding pathology in the majority of patients.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,General Medicine,Surgery
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