A fatal case of fungal endocarditis of the tricuspid valve associated with long-term venous catheterization and treatment with antibiotics in a patient with a history of alcohol abuse

Mycopathologia

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 123-128

  Ohmori, Takaaki ^a   Iwakawa, Kazuhide ^a   Matsumoto, Yasushi ^a   Arita, Norimasa ^a   Okada, Kazuyo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Candidiasis; Central venous catheterization; Endcarditis; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TRICUSPID VALVE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ENDOCARDITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031419369     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006877212491     Document Type: Article

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