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CASE REPORT

Pacemaker Associated Aspergillus fumigatus Endocarditis: A Case Report

Wanyuan Chen1 Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-9568View further author information
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Youqi Ji2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xin Hong2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yongze Zhu2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xiaoyu Gou2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Mengyuan Chen2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Huoyang Lv2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yumei Ge1 Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, People’s Republic of China;3 Key Laboratory of Biomarkers and in vitro Diagnosis Translation of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310063, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 329-335 | Received 22 Oct 2022, Accepted 07 Jan 2023, Published online: 19 Jan 2023

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