There are few studies about post-cardiac surgery fungal infections especially by Aspergillus fumigatus. In this paper we report a case of Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis after tetralogy of Fallot total correction (TFTC), and permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation. A five-year-old female patient with current history of total correction of tetralogy of fallot was admitted in Rajaie Ca...

Bacterial endocarditis is the infection of inner lining of heart and /or heart valves. This disease is usually related to the presence of some pathogenic bacteria in mouth, digestive system or urinary tract. Most of the times, this infection happens in people with heart problems like the presence of prosthetic valves, history of previous endocarditis, some congenital heart defects and heart tra...

abiotrophia defectiva was previously known as a member of the nutritionally variant streptococcus (nvs). this microorganism is a member of the normal flora of mouth, urogenital and intestinal tracts. it causes various infections such as bacteriemia, brain abscess, septic arthritis and rarely infective endocarditis. only < 1% of all cases of endocarditis are caused by a. defectiva. a 23 year old...

I spent only 2 hours with Oliver Sacks, in February 2011. It was his home on Horatio Street the West Village of New York City. had written to him, as a Columbia colleague, about sleep disturbance that gaining hegemony my life. My nocturnal dream world, 3 years running, become other worldly, uncannily alive and exhausting; “case” defied accomplished academic neurologists well three studies overn...