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Year : 2005 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 264-266 |
Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by scedosporium apiospermum
S Verghese1, P Padmaja1, MT Chellamma1, S Leelavathy1, P Nayar2
1 Depatment Of Microbiology, International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases, Mogappair, Chennai-600 101, India 2 Depatment Of Cardiology, International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases, Mogappair, Chennai-600 101, India
Correspondence Address:
S Verghese Depatment Of Microbiology, International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases, Mogappair, Chennai-600 101 India
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PMID: 16327126 
Scedosporium apiospermum , the asexual state of Pseudallescheria boydii , is increasingly recognized as an opportunistic pathogen. We report a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by this organism that developed in a patient following cardiac surgery.
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