IMR Press / FBL / Volume 7 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.2741/nosan

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Article
Fungal myocarditis
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1 Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2002, 7(4), 1423–1438; https://doi.org/10.2741/nosan
Published: 1 June 2002
Abstract

The incidence of invasive fungal disease has dramatically increased over the past few decades corresponding to the rising number of immunocompromised patients. The major risk factors for severe fungal disease include administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics, corticosteroids and cytotoxic agents, invasive medical procedures, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Invasive fungal infections often affect multiple organs, and involvement of the myocardium frequently occurs in disseminated disease. Premortem diagnosis of fungal myocarditis is difficult since clinical findings of myocardial involvement are often absent or ambiguous and blood cultures are often negative. The major fungal pathogens responsible for myocardial infection and the clinical settings in which they occur are reviewed.

Keywords
Fungus
Blastoschizomycoses
Candidiasis
Myocarditis
Aspergillosis
Cryptococcosis
Histoplasmosis
Phaeohyphomycosis
Trichosporosis
Fusarium
Zygomycosis
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