FILAMENTOUS HISTOPLASMA-CAPSULATUM ENDOCARDITIS INVOLVING MITRAL AND AORTIC-VALVE PORCINE BIOPROSTHESES
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 109 (3) , 273-276
Abstract
A case of histoplasmosis capsulati endocarditis simultaneously infecting a mitral and aortic porcine bioprostheses is reported. Histologically, the fungus demonstrated a diversity of morphologies, ranging from typical, intracellular, 2-5-.mu.m yeast cells, to septate and branching hyphae, to bizarre hyphae with vesicular swellings. Cultures obtained from both valves were positive in 4 days. The combination of unexpected histologic appearance and rapid growth in culture may pose problems in diagnosis.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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