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. 2019 May 31;17:e00567. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00567

Table 1.

Published case reports of aspergillus myocarditis 1955–2019.

Author Year published Number of Cases Age: mean years (range) % male / % female % with positive blood cultures with Aspergillus Case fatality rate %pre-mortum diagnosis Immunocompromising conditions (%)
Welsh et al. [22] 1955 1 18 100 / 0 0 100 0 Primary splenic neutropenia s/p splenectomy, corticosteroids
Fraumeni et al. [23] 1962 1 41 100 / 0 0 100 0 Hematologic malignancy, corticosteroids, chemotherapy
Burke et al. [20] 1970 1 51 100 / 0 100 100 100 corticosteroids, antimicrobials
Castleman et al. [21] 1971 1 33 100 / 0 0 100 0 corticosteroids, antimicrobials
Williams et al. [3] 1973 2 63 (60–66) 100 / 0 0 100 0 Chemotherapy, corticosteroids
Walsh et al. [25] 1980 6 30 (16–61) 0 / 100 0 100 16 (1/6) Solid organ transplant, hematologic malignancy, corticosteroids
Ross et al. [10] 1985 1 31 100 / 0 0 100 0 Hematologic malignancy
Andersson et al. [11] 1986 3 34 (21–48) 33 / 66 0 100 0 Hematologic malignancy, chemotherapy
Rogers et al. [12] 1990 1 69 100 / 0 0 100 0 corticosteroids, broad-spectrum antimicrobials
Carrel et al. [26] 1991 1 68 100 / 0 0 100 0 corticosteroids
Cishek et al. [9] 1996 1 40 0 / 100 0 100 0% corticosteroidsand 6-MP
Rouby et al. [24] 1998 1 75 100 / 0 0 100 0 corticosteroids, broad-spectrum antimicrobials
Xie et al. [8] 2005 11 41 (29–62) 100 / 0 0 100 9% (1/11) AIDS with CD4 T-cells 10-121 cells/uL
Kemdem et al. [4] 2008 1 19 0 / 100 0 100 100% corticosteroids, hematologic malignancy
Yano et al. [18] 2010 1 74 100 / 0 0 100 0% None (tobacco use felt to be contributory)
Yoshino et al. [5] 2013 2 79 (76–81) 100 / 0 0 100 0 Hematologic malignancy, broad-spectrum antimicrobials
Dang-Tran et al. [7] 2014 1 68 100 / 0 100 100 100% Solid-organ transplant, corticosteroids
Kim et al. [19] 2014 1 63 0 / 100 0 0 100 Aplastic anemia
Kupsky et al. [13] 2016 1 18 100 / 0 0 0 100% Solid-organ transplant
Bullis et al. 2019 1 61 0 / 100 0 100 0 corticosteroids, Rituximab
Total N/A 39 45 (16–81) 69 / 31 5 95 18