Long-Term Favorable Course of Aspergillus Endo-, Myo-, and Pericarditis

Here, we report on a healthy 30-year-old man with no significant medical history, who tested negative for human immunodeficiency virus antigenemia but developed Aspergillus pancarditis. A case of this kind is extremely rare, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient wit...

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Published inInternational Heart Journal Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 1020 - 1023
Main Authors Hayashi, Akiko, Kobayashi, Sayuki, Hisauchi, Itaru, Komatsu, Takaaki, Nakahara, Shiro, Sakai, Yoshihiko, Haruki, Kosuke, Taguchi, Isao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan International Heart Journal Association 2017
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
Antigenemia
Aspergillus
Atrium
Biopsy
Pancarditis
Pericarditis
Septum
Biopsy
Pancarditis
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Summary:Here, we report on a healthy 30-year-old man with no significant medical history, who tested negative for human immunodeficiency virus antigenemia but developed Aspergillus pancarditis. A case of this kind is extremely rare, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with Aspergillus pancarditis, which generally leads to a very poor outcome, who had a long-term favorable clinical course. A biopsy from the right atrium of hypertrophied atrial septum was essential for obtaining the definitive diagnosis. Long-term administration of an effective antifungal oral agent might account for the patient's favorable outcome.
ISSN:1349-2365
1349-3299
DOI:10.1536/ihj.16-485