PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kreiss, Yitshak
AU  - Vered, Zvi
AU  - Keller, Nathan
AU  - Kochva, Ilan
AU  - Sidi, Yechezkel
AU  - Gur, Hanan
TI  - <em>Aspergillus niger</em> endocarditis in an immunocompetent patient: an unusual course
AID  - 10.1136/pmj.76.892.105
DP  - 2000 Feb 01
TA  - Postgraduate Medical Journal
PG  - 105--106
VI  - 76
IP  - 892
4099  - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/76/892/105.short
4100  - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/76/892/105.full
SO  - Postgrad Med J2000 Feb 01; 76
AB  - Aspergillus is an opportunistic nosocomial fungus generally associated with a high mortality rate.A niger has been rarely associated with infection, and most cases have occurred in patients who have recently undergone heart surgery or in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of an immunocompetent patient with A niger endocarditis which illustrates the difficulties in diagnosis and the possible insidious course of fungal endocarditis.