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Query: UMLS:C0014118 (endocarditis)
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Previously reported cases of Histoplasma capsulatum infection of prosthetic heart valves have been first diagnosed at autopsy. A patient had an H capsulatum infection that was diagnosed by serologic means 1 1/2 years before involvement of the patient's prosthetic mitral valve was found at surgery. Numerous previous attempts to demonstrate organisms by culture and histologic study of bone marrow and liver biopsy specimens were unsuccessful. Various serologic tests were used in the diagnosis and evaluation of treatment of H capsulatum endocarditis. The management of this case was compared with 29 other previously reported cases of endocarditis caused by H capsulatum.
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PMID:Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. 728 68

Endocarditis is a rare manifestation of disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum infection. A 22-year-old man presented with a seven month history of fever, weight loss, and progressive aortic insufficiency. The diagnosis of H. capsulatum was suggested by a diagnostic rise in complement fixation titers and positive echocardiographic findings. The diagnosis was confirmed prior to surgery by positive bone marrow culture. Progressive congestive heart failure necessitated replacement of the aortic valve which subsequently grew H. capsulatum. In this case, a combination of amphotericin B therapy and valve replacement was curative.
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PMID:Histoplasma capsulatum endocarditis. 737