A case of aspergillus myocarditis associated with septic shock

We report a case of isolated myocardial involvement due to Aspergillus sp., in a patient with multiple organ failure but no demonstrable immune deficiency apart from corticosteroid therapy given for the three weeks prior to hospitalization. This patient died of septic shock 7 days after hospitalizat...

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Published in:The Journal of infection 1998-11, Vol.37 (3), p.295-297
Main Authors: Rouby, Y., Combourieu, E., Perrier-Gros-Claude, J.D., Saccharin, C., Huerre, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aspergillosis - complications
Aspergillus
Aspergillus - isolation & purification
Biological and medical sciences
Fatal Outcome
Human mycoses
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous mycoses
Mycoses
Myocarditis - etiology
Myocarditis - microbiology
Myocarditis - pathology
Shock, Septic - complications
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Summary:We report a case of isolated myocardial involvement due to Aspergillus sp., in a patient with multiple organ failure but no demonstrable immune deficiency apart from corticosteroid therapy given for the three weeks prior to hospitalization. This patient died of septic shock 7 days after hospitalization. Aspergillus was isolated only once from a sputum specimen obtained 24 h before death. At post-mortem examination there are emboli and myocardial lesions containing clusters of hyphae as Aspergillus confirmed by indirect immunoflourescence. The other organs were free of fungi. This observation is remarkable because the cardiac involvement was isolated and no immunodeficiency was present.
ISSN:0163-4453
1532-2742
DOI:10.1016/S0163-4453(98)92262-9