Late failure of surgical treatment for bioprosthetic valve endocarditis due to Candida tropicalis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 380-381

  Mansur, Alfredo José ^a   Safi Jr , Jorge ^a,b   Markus, Marcello Ricardo Paulista ^a   Aiello, Vera Demarchi ^a   Grinberg, Max ^a   Pomerantzeff, Pablo Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030063254     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.380     Document Type: Article

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