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1562224

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report 8 cases of fungal myocarditis discovered at autopsy of a series of 118 patients with AIDS. The cardiac disease was symptomatic and responsible for death in 2 cases. Antemortem diagnosis of fungal infection was made on examination of bronchioloalveolar lavage, the cerebrospinal fluid or gastrointestinal biopsy. The demonstration of intramyocardial pathogens was postmortem in all cases. The organism was Candida albicans in 3 cases, Cryptococcus neoformans in 3 cases, and Aspergillus fumigatus in 2 cases. The lesions were not confined to the heart; multi-visceral fungal involvement was diagnosed at autopsy in all cases. Cryptococcal and Candida myocarditis have already been described in most autopsy series in AIDS, but Aspergillus myocarditis is very rare. These fungal myocarditis are usually clinically latent or masked by neurological or respiratory symptoms.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0003-9683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Fungal myocarditis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'anatomie pathologique hôpital Pasteur, Nice.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review