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Aspergillus endocarditis and myocarditis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

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We report the post-mortem findings of the case of a 31-year-old male who, through sexual contacts with a female drug addict, was found to be HIV-positive and developed the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2 years later. He was treated for various opportunistic infections over the next 7 years when he presented with cardiac abnormalities and multiple cerebral lesions which were responsible for his death. The results revealedAspergillus fumigatus endocarditis and myocarditis with mycotic thromboembolic extension to the brain, spleen, kidney and pancreas. We review the literature ofAspergillus infection in patients with AIDS and more specifically cardiac involvement with this pathogen.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    J. N. Cox & G. -P. Pizzolato

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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  3. The Cardiology Center, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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Cox, J.N., di Dió, F., Pizzolato, G.P. et al. Aspergillus endocarditis and myocarditis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 417, 255–259 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01600142

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