Phialophora mutabilis Endocarditis
Authors: CLAUS A. PIERACH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1973)

Letters1 December 1973Phialophora mutabilis EndocarditisCLAUS A. PIERACH, M.D., GÜNER GÜLMEN, M.D., G. JEELANI DHAR, M.D., JOSEPH C. KISER, M.D.CLAUS A. PIERACH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GÜNER GÜLMEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, G. JEELANI DHAR, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH C. KISER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-79-6-900_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Animal valves are used with varying success as transplants in man; their degradation or infection is relatively uncommon. An unusual fungal endocarditis on a transplanted porcine valve prompts this report.A 56-year-old white housewife underwent replacement of her calcified mitral valve on 12 May 1970, by a porcine aortic valve (1), and did well thereafter. When readmitted on 17 September 1971, she had had fever up to 38.8 °C for 4 weeks, with chills, shortness of breath, and cough. Outpatient treatment with penicillin had brought no relief.Examination showed a moribund woman with a temperature of 37.7...References1. CARPENTIERLEMAIGREROBERT AGL:Biological factors affecting long-term results of valvular heterografts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 58:467-483, 1969 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. SCHOL-SCHWARZ M: Phialophora mutabilis. Persoonia 6:80-81, 1970 Google Scholar3. MOHRIREICHENBACHMERENDINO HDK: Biology of homologous and heterologous aortic valves, in Biological Tissue in Heart Valve Replacement, edited by IONESCU MI, ROSS ND, WOOLER GH. London, Butterworth & Co., Ltd., 1972, pp. 137-194 Google Scholar4. SAPHIRLOWENTHAL OM: Changes in the endocardium of pigs simulating the rheumatic stigmata of man. Am J Pathol 27:211-229, 1951 MedlineGoogle Scholar5. VAN BEYMA THOE KINGMA F: Margarinomyces mutabilis nov. spec. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 10:48-50, 1944/1945 Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Minnesota Unit for Teaching and Research in Internal Medicine Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, Minnesota PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited BySeptic shock induced by Lecythophora mutabilis in a patient with mitochondrial encephalomyopathyDematiaceous fungiLecythophora hoffmannii isolated from a case of canine osteomyelitis in JapanLecythophora mutabilis prosthetic valve endocarditis in a diabetic patientDisseminated Phaeohyphomycosis: Review of an Emerging MycosisScytalidium dimidiatum and Lecythophora hoffmannii: unusual causes of fungal infections in a patient with AIDSPhialophora richardsiae endocarditis of aortic and mitral valves in a diabetic man with a porcine mitral valveArthritis and Endocarditis from Exophiala jeanselmei InfectionALFREDO J. RONCORONI, M.D., JORGELINA SMAYEVSKYPhialemonium obovatum infection in a burned childFungal endocarditis caused by Arnium leporinum following cardiac surgeryGluteal abscess caused by Phialophora hoffmannii and review of the role of this organism in human mycosesReported Fungal Pathogens of ManFungal endocarditis: patients at risk and their treatment 1 December 1973Volume 79, Issue 6Page: 900-901KeywordsAortic valveDyspneaEndocarditisFeversMitral valve replacementOutpatientsPenicillinTemperature Issue Published: 1 December 1973 PDF DownloadLoading ...