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<journal-id>1688-0420</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Uruguaya de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Urug.Cardiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-0420</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Uruguaya de Cardiología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1688-04202025000101701</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29277/cardio.40.1.1</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Reporte de caso: endocarditis infecciosa fúngica a Alternaria spp en paciente portador de bioprótesis valvular]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Case report: fungal endocarditis caused by Alternaria spp in a patient with a bioprosthetic valve]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Relato de caso: endocardite fúngica por Alternaria spp em paciente com bioprótese valvar]]></article-title>
</title-group>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pereira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sabrina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Janssen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bárbara]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cortellezi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Zuly]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hugo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Militar  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-04202025000101701&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-04202025000101701&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-04202025000101701&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La endocarditis infecciosa de origen fúngico es una patología con una alta morbimortalidad. Representa entre el 1 y el 3% de todos los casos de endocarditis infecciosa. Su diagnóstico continúa siendo un desafío en la actualidad. Se presenta el caso de un paciente con una endocarditis sobre válvula protésica de etiología fúngica a Alternaria spp, germen no descrito en la literatura.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary: Infective endocarditis of fungal origin is a pathology with high morbidity and mortality. It represents between 1 and 3% of all cases of infective endocarditis. Its diagnosis remains a challenge today. We present the case of a patient with endocarditis on a prosthetic valve of fungal etiology due to Alternaria spp, a germ not described in the literature.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo: A endocardite infecciosa de origem fúngica é uma patologia com elevada morbidade e mortalidade. Representa entre 1 e 3% de todos os casos de endocardite infecciosa. Seu diagnóstico continua sendo um desafio até hoje. É apresentado o caso de um paciente com endocardite de prótese valvar de etiologia fúngica causada por Alternaria spp, germe não descrito na literatura.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ENDOCARDITIS INFECCIOSA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ENDOCARDITIS FÚNGICA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ALTERNARIA SPP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ALTERNARIA SPP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[ENDOCARDITE INFECCIOSA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[ENDOCARDITE FÚNGICA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[ALTERNARIA SPP]]></kwd>
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