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Case Reports
. 2023 Jul 25;16(2):179-181.
doi: 10.17161/kjm.vol16.19546. eCollection 2023.

A Case of Catastrophic Aspergillus Endocarditis

Roshan Bisarya  1 , Kenneth Villareal  2 , Bhanu Gupta  3 , Rachel Weihe  2
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Case Reports

A Case of Catastrophic Aspergillus Endocarditis

Roshan Bisarya et al. Kans J Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Aspergillus fumigatus; case report; cell free DNA; endocarditis.

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Figure 1
2D Transesophageal echocardiogram showed a large mobile echodensity (red arrow) attached to the posterior leaflet of the bioprosthetic mitral valve (green arrow).
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Computed tomography scan of abdomen/pelvis with contrast showed a 3.1 cm × 1.9 cm well-defined fluid collection in spleen (left arrow) and a wedge-shaped cortical hypodensity in right kidney (right arrow).
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