Infection of a pancreatic pseudocyst due to Candida albicans

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1104-1107

  Foust, Robert T ^a,b  

^a Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center ^*

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS;

ADULT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CAUSALITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029908434     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199611000-00018     Document Type: Article

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