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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct;34(10):1370.e9-1370.e11.
doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.07.417. Epub 2018 Jul 29.

Histoplasma Endocarditis Diagnosed by Thrombus Aspiration

Hussain Alzayer  1 , José Winter  1 , Ahmad Alshatti  1 , Vidhya Nair  2 , Tej Sheth  1 , Richard P Whitlock  3 , Adel Dyub  3 , Emilie P Belley-Côté  4
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Histoplasma Endocarditis Diagnosed by Thrombus Aspiration

Hussain Alzayer et al. Can J Cardiol. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

Negative cultures in endocarditis often lead to delays in targeted life-saving therapies. We present the case of a 68-year-old man who presented with culture-negative endocarditis, which was complicated by coronary embolization resulting in anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Aspiration thrombectomy led to the diagnosis of fungal endocarditis, one of the most serious causes of culture-negative presentation.

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