Fungal purulent constrictive pericarditis in a heart transplant patient

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1792-1794

  Canver, Charles C ^a   Patel, Ashvin K ^a   Kosolcharoen, Peter ^a   Voytovich, Marta C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031810985     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00277-X     Document Type: Article

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