Early fungal endocarditis in homograft recipients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1410-1411

  Fedalen, Paul A ^a,c   Fisher, Carol A ^a,c   Todd, Barbara A ^a,c,d   Mather, Paul J ^b,c   Addonizio, V Paul ^c  

^a Div of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

^c Temple University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^d ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOGRAFT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; ENDOCARDITIS; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032744672     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00737-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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