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S Carreiro

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Native valve endocarditis due to Pseudallescheria boydii in a patient with AIDS: case report and review.

A 53-year-old man with AIDS developed mitral valve endocarditis due to infection with the fungus Pseudallescheria boydii. A limited number of cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by this organism have been described. We report a unique case of pseudallescheria infection of a native valve and describe this disease in a patient with AIDS.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗