Pulmonary Rhizopus rhizopodiformis cavitary abscess in a cardiac allograft recipient

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-226

  Tan, H P ^a   Razzouk, A ^a   Gundry, S R ^a   Bailey, L ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Heart transplantation; Lung diseaeses, fungal; Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; RHIZOPUS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RHIZOPUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032961530     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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