Graft-related Endocarditis Caused by Neosartorya Fischeri Var. Spinosa

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Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1992 Jun 1

PMID 1624579

Citations 21

Authors

R C Summerbell

L de Repentigny

C Chartrand

G St Germain

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Abstract

The first case of endocarditis caused by Neosartorya fischeri var. spinosa is reported. The patient was a child who received a calf pericardium graft after removal of a previously inserted Dacron graft associated with deterioration of adjacent tissue. Copious vegetations removed from the heart were found to be composed of septate hyaline fungal filaments. The fungus was recognized in culture by its bivalved, winged, spiny ascospores, its Aspergillus fischerianus anamorph, and its thermotolerance.

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