The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 21, Issue 11 , Pages 1242-1245 , November 2002

Late Aspergillus fumigatus endomyocarditis with brain abscess as a lethal complication after heart transplantation

  • Florian Rueter, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Florian Rueter, University Clinic for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Telephone: +41-61-265-7758. Fax: +41-61-265-7537
    • F.R. and H.H.H. contributed equally to this work.
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  • Hans H Hirsch, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • F.R. and H.H.H. contributed equally to this work.
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  • Franziska Kunz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Pathology, University Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Peter Buser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • James M Habicht, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Holger Moch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Pathology, University Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Ursula Fluckiger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Received 28 August 2001 ,Revised 13 December 2001 ,Accepted 7 February 2002.

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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 21, Issue 11 , Pages 1242-1245 , November 2002

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