Fungal endocarditis in premature infants: Case report and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 366-368

  Mayayo, Emilio ^a   Moralejo, José ^a   Camps, Juan ^a   Guarro, Josep ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030065015     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.366     Document Type: Article

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