Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain

Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain

<p><strong>Corrigendum: On 31/10/2013 the name of the author K. Shah was corrected to read K. Saha.</strong></p><p>Aspergillus endocarditis is an 2nd most common cause of endocarditis having poor prognosis. We report a rare case of fungal endocarditis following cardiac...

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Main Authors: P Ghosh, K Saha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of Clinical Pathologists of Nepal 2013-10-01
Series:Journal of Pathology of Nepal
Subjects:
Aspergillus
Endocarditis
Embolism
Online Access:http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/9002
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spelling doaj-71109e6283fe42a88192c8607686d25c2020-11-25T01:51:03ZengAssociation of Clinical Pathologists of NepalJournal of Pathology of Nepal2091-07972091-09082013-10-013650250410.3126/jpn.v3i6.90027245Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb painP Ghosh0K Saha1Department of Pathology, NEON Lab, KolkataDepartment of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata<p><strong>Corrigendum: On 31/10/2013 the name of the author K. Shah was corrected to read K. Saha.</strong></p><p>Aspergillus endocarditis is an 2nd most common cause of endocarditis having poor prognosis. We report a rare case of fungal endocarditis following cardiac valve replacement presenting as acute pain in the right lower limb. Embolism and endocarditis were primarily detected by CT angiography and echocardiography respectively. Diagnosis was established by histopathology and culture of the emboli and was confirmed later by isolation of the Aspergillus species from the resected valve tissue.</p> <p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v3i6.9002">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v3i6.9002</a> &nbsp;</p> <p>Journal of Pathology of Nepal (2013) Vol. <strong>3</strong>, 502-504</p>http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/9002AspergillusEndocarditisEmbolism
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author P Ghosh
K Saha
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K Saha
Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain
Journal of Pathology of Nepal
Aspergillus
Endocarditis
Embolism
author_facet P Ghosh
K Saha
author_sort P Ghosh
title Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain
title_short Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain
title_full Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain
title_fullStr Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain
title_full_unstemmed Aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain
title_sort aspergillus endocarditis presenting as acute right lower limb pain
publisher Association of Clinical Pathologists of Nepal
series Journal of Pathology of Nepal
issn 2091-0797
2091-0908
publishDate 2013-10-01
description <p><strong>Corrigendum: On 31/10/2013 the name of the author K. Shah was corrected to read K. Saha.</strong></p><p>Aspergillus endocarditis is an 2nd most common cause of endocarditis having poor prognosis. We report a rare case of fungal endocarditis following cardiac valve replacement presenting as acute pain in the right lower limb. Embolism and endocarditis were primarily detected by CT angiography and echocardiography respectively. Diagnosis was established by histopathology and culture of the emboli and was confirmed later by isolation of the Aspergillus species from the resected valve tissue.</p> <p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v3i6.9002">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v3i6.9002</a> &nbsp;</p> <p>Journal of Pathology of Nepal (2013) Vol. <strong>3</strong>, 502-504</p>
topic Aspergillus
Endocarditis
Embolism
url http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/9002
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