Fungal endocarditis leading to pulmonary embolism and death

A 38 year-old male was admitted to the emergency room with fever and hemoptysis in the last 3 weeks. His past medical history included previous intravenous drug usage (20 years before), severe acute pancreatitis in the last year, and steroid therapy for the last 10 months due to presumptive diagnosi...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Felipe H. Valle, Douglas Dal Mas Freitas, Miguel Gus, Luis E. Rohde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2015-10-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/58504