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Clinical Features

The Tell-Tale Heart: Aspergillus fumigatus Endocarditis in an Immunocompetent Patient

Sheba Vohra Hospitalist, Department of Hospital-Based Specialists, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa, CACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Robert Taylor Hospitalist, Department of Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
, MD &
Paul Aronowitz Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
, MD
Pages 117-121 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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