An unusual native tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by Candida colliculosa

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-322

  Kaygusuz, I ^a   Mulazimoglu, L ^a   Cerikcioglu, N ^a   Toprak, A ^a   Oktay, A ^a   Korten, V ^a,b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; Fungal endocarditis; Native valve endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA COLLICULOSA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

CANDIDA; TORULASPORA; TORULASPORA DELBRUECKII;

EID: 0038071565     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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