Fungal endocarditis following cardiac surgery

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 418-422

  Verghese, Susan ^a   Mullasari, Ajit ^a   Padmaja, P ^a   Sudha, P ^a   Sapna, M C ^a   Cherian, K M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031728554     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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