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Detection of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Haematological Malignancy Patients by using Lateral-flow Technology
Published on: March 22, 2012
Recurrent Invasive Aspergillosis in Immunocompetent Patient
Rami M Abazid1, Mohammad Kattea1, Saroona Haroon1
1Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center Qassim, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia (R.A., M.K.); and Departments of Histopathology (S.H.) and Internal Medicine (A.H.A., M.S.A.), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Invasive cardiac aspergillosis is a rare form of disseminated Aspergillus infection which carries a very high mortality rate even with aggressive treatment. Importantly, patients with pre-existing cardiac lesions, prosthetic valves, stents, coronary bypass grafts, and implanted devices are at greater risk. A case of fatal, recurrent, disseminated Aspergillus infection in an immunocompetent patient with invasion of a structurally normal heart in the context of multiorgan involvement is presented. Supplemental material is available for this article. Keywords: CT, Echocardiography, Infection © RSNA, 2021.
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