Aspergillus endocarditis: Diagnostic criteria and predictors of outcome, A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fungal Endocarditis (FE), a relatively rare disease, has a high rate of mortality and is associated with multiple morbidities. Aspergillus endocarditis (AE) is severe form of FE. Incidence of AE has increased and is expected to rise due to an increased frequency of invasive procedures, cardiac devices and prosthetic valves together with increased use of immune system suppressors. AE lacks most of the clinical criteria used to diagnose infective endocarditis (IE), where blood culture is almost always negative, and fever may be absent. Diagnosis is usually late and in many cases is made post-mortem. Late or mistaken diagnosis of AE contribute to delayed and incorrect management of patients. In the current study we aimed to describe the clinical, laboratory and imaging char

SUBMITTER: Meshaal MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084895 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature