Dual pathogen valvular endocarditis in a case of severe aortic aneurysm
Autops. Case Rep
; 12: e2021381, 2022. graf
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Infective endocarditis (IE) is the heart valve or endocardium infection. We report a rare case of polymicrobial endocarditis, namely invasive Aspergillus spp and Acinetobacter baumannii, in a 36-year-old male with a medical history of degenerative disease of the aorta with abdominal aortic and ascending aortic aneurysms with a fulminant clinical course and fatal outcome. The treatment was challenging due to multiple comorbidities. The autopsy revealed dual pathogen endocarditis due to Acinetobacter baumannii sepsis and invasive Aspergillus spp mycosis. This report emphasizes that polymicrobial endocarditis (PE) is an infrequent finding with a poor prognosis requiring high clinical suspicion.
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Autops. Case Rep
Journal subject:
Anatomia
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Patologia Cl¡nica
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Patologia Legal
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India
Institution/Affiliation country:
Army Hospital/IN
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Base Hospital/IN